large indefinite amount


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Noun1.large indefinite amount - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
chunk - a substantial amount; "we won a chunk of money"
busload - the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry
barrels - the amount that many barrels might hold
good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
large number, multitude, pack, plurality, battalion - a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions"
all get out, billy-ho, billyo, billyoh - an unimaginably large amount; "British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'"
boatload, shipload, carload - the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car; "he imported wine by the boatload"
infinitude - an infinite quantity
maximum, upper limit - the largest possible quantity
mile - a large distance; "he missed by a mile"
gazillion, jillion, trillion, zillion, million, billion - a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies"
much - a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity"
myriad - a large indefinite number; "he faced a myriad of details"
ocean, sea - anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
ream - a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams"
small fortune - a large sum of money; "he made a small fortune in the commodities market"
dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads, piles - a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
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