beaucoup
adjective
beau·coup ˈbō-(ˌ)kü 
slang
: great in quantity or amount : many, much
spent beaucoup dollars
Did you know?
In French, as you may know, beaucoup is an adverb meaning "a lot" or "much" (as in merci beaucoup, meaning "thanks a lot"). Beaucoup isn't used on its own as an adjective in French; if you want to say "many" in French, you use the phrase beaucoup de. In other words, you would say beaucoup de livres ("a lot of books"), not beaucoup livres. But French grammar was thrown to the wind when English speakers borrowed this word. Beaucoup has been used as a playful slang adjective in English since at least the 19th century.
Synonyms
- legion
- many
- multifold
- multiple
- multiplex
- multitudinous
- numerous
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
we were able to make beaucoup bucks working overtime at the power plant
Word History
Etymology
French
First Known Use
1862, in the meaning defined above
beaucoup
adjective
as in many
being of a large but indefinite number we were able to make beaucoup bucks working overtime at the power plant Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- many
- numerous
- some
- multiple
- countless
- several
- all kinds of
- multitudinous
- legion
- multifold
- quite a few
- untold
- uncountable
- innumerable
- multiplex
- various
- numberless
- sundry
- miscellaneous
- mixed
- unnumbered
- multifarious
- manifold
- myriad
- divers
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- few
- limited
- countable