multitude

mul·ti·tude

noun \ˈməl-tə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\

Definition of MULTITUDE

1

: the state of being many

2

: a great number : host

3

: a great number of people

4

: populace, public

Examples of MULTITUDE

1. a candidate trying to appeal to the multitude
2. <awed by the multitude of stars in the night sky>

Origin of MULTITUDE

Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin multitudin-, multitudo, from multus much — more at meliorate

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to MULTITUDE

Synonyms: army, bike [chiefly Scottish], cram, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, crowd, press, rout, scrum, swarm, throng

Antonyms: A-list, aristocracy, best, choice, corps d'elite, cream, elect, elite, fat, flower, pick, pink, pride, upper crust

Related Words: masses, millions, rabble, rabblement, riffraff; gaggle; heap, mountain, pile; jam, logjam

Near Antonyms: gentility, gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), gentry, haute monde, nobility, patriciate, peerage, quality, royalty, society

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Rhymes with MULTITUDE

altitude, amplitude, aptitude, attitude, certitude, comfort food, consuetude, crassitude, desuetude, finger food, finitude, fortitude, gratitude, habitude, hebetude, interlude, lassitude, latitude, longitude, magnitude, mansuetude, negritude, platitude, plenitude, promptitude, pulchritude, quietude, rectitude, seminude, servitude, solitude, turpitude, vastitude