myriad

Noun · Adjective
US[mir-ee-uhd]/ˈmɪriəd/3 syllables
Synonyms: ten thousand10000countlessinfiniteinnumerableinnumerousmultitudinousnumberlessuncountedunnumberableunnumberedunnumerable

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. too numerous to be counted“countless hours”“an infinite number of reasons”“innumerable difficulties”“the multitudinous seas”“myriad stars”Synonyms: countlessinfiniteinnumerableinnumerousmultitudinousnumberlessuncountedunnumberableunnumberedunnumerableOpposite calculableSimilar incalculable

Noun (2)

  1. a large indefinite number“he faced a myriad of details”Type of large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
  2. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousandSynonyms: ten thousand10000Type of large integer
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Myr′i·ad noun

Origin: Gr. …, …, fr. … numberless, pl. … ten thousand: cf. F. myriade.

1. The number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things.

2. An immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number.

Myr′i·ad adjective

Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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