much

1 of 3

adjective

ˈməch

more ˈmȯr

; most ˈmōst How to pronounce much (audio)

: great in quantity, amount, extent, or degree

there is much truth in what you say

taken too much time

: great in importance or significance

nothing much happened

obsolete : many in number

: more than is expected or acceptable : more than enough

the large pizza is a bit much for one person

much

2 of 3

adverb

more; most

a(1)

: to a great degree or extent : considerably

much happier

(2)

: very

much gratified

b(1)

: frequently, often

(2)

: by or for a long time

didn't get to work much before noon

: by far

was much the brightest student

: nearly, approximately

looks much the way his father did

much

3 of 3

noun

: a great quantity, amount, extent, or degree

She gave away much of what she owned

: something considerable or impressive

was not much to look at

Synonyms

Adjective

big
consequential
earth-shattering
earthshaking
eventful
historic
important
major
material
meaningful
momentous
monumental
significant
substantial
tectonic
weighty

Adverb

achingly
almighty
archly
awful
awfully
badly
beastly
blisteringly
bone
colossally
corking
cracking
damn
damned
dang
deadly
desperately
eminently
enormously
especially
ever
exceedingly
exceeding
extra
extremely
fabulously
fantastically
far
fiercely
filthy
frightfully
full
greatly
heavily
highly
hugely
immensely
incredibly
intensely
jolly
majorly
mightily
mighty
monstrous [chiefly dialect]
mortally
most
particularly
passing
rattling
real
really
right
roaring
roaringly
seriously
severely
so
sore
sorely
spanking
specially
stinking
such
super
supremely
surpassingly
terribly
that
thumping
too
unco
uncommonly
vastly
very
vitally
way
whacking
wicked
wildly

Noun

abundance
barrel
basketful
boatload
bucket
bunch
bundle
bushel
carload
chunk
deal
dozen
fistful
gobs
good deal
heap
hundred
lashings [chiefly British]
lashins
loads
lot
mass
mess
mountain
multiplicity
myriad
oodles
pack
passel
peck
pile
plateful
plenitude
plentitude
plenty
pot
potful
profusion
quantity
raft
reams
scads
sheaf
shipload
sight
slew
spate
stack
store
ton
truckload
volume
wad
wealth
yard

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Example Sentences

Adverb The new car is much better on gas mileage. They both talk too much. Thank you so much for your help. He is much interested in the project. They were much pleased by the compliment. She doesn't visit her family much. The town looks much the same. We came to much the same conclusion. We left the house much as we found it. Noun much of what people think they know about words is inaccurate or downright false See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

In 2021 and 2022, employees enjoyed much of the power in the employee-employer relationship. —

Steve Sonnenberg, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023 Mahomes admitted to being aware of critics who didn't think much of the Chiefs at the start of the season. —

José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2023 Though Berry currently spends much of her time traveling the world with Apa, she was born in France. —

Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023 And more disruption is coming, with A.I. and the energy transition driving much of it. —

Alan Murray, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2023 As technologies to capture and store excess electricity continue to improve, experts say that renewables will soon be able to meet much of the region’s power needs. —

Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Feb. 2023 Cocca, who also played or coached in Argentina and Colombia, has spent much of his professional career in Mexico playing for Atlas, Veracruz and Querétaro and coaching with Atlas, Santos and Tijuana in addition to Tigres. —

Staff WriterFollow, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023 Hyundai and Kia operate as separate companies in the United States, but Hyundai Motor Group owns a large stake in Kia, and various Hyundai and Kia models share much of their engineering. —

Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023 The Eagles determined much of the pace of Sunday’s game, possessing the ball nearly 12 minutes longer than the Chiefs did. —

Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023

Adverb

Among other demographic groups, though, sentiment has shifted much more. —

BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023 But the diesel ban will be much more abrupt, depriving Russia of its main diesel customer overnight. —

Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 3 Feb. 2023 But that task appears much more difficult to pull off, with scant signs of a cool-down in a labor market that created more than a half-million jobs in January. —

Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023 By plugging in a location, which should yield a much more reliable list of options. —

Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2023 But because of how competitive the conference is, much more is at stake down the stretch in the regular season and into the postseason — both in NCAA resume building and to generate consistency in performance. —

Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 3 Feb. 2023 Mathurin moved back and forth and was asked to do much more playmaking. —

Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Feb. 2023 The new power units will rely much more on electric power and will burn renewable fuels in less powerful V6 engines. —

Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN, 3 Feb. 2023 This will make a much more solid, filling lasagna that keeps its shape/layers and goes further. —

Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2023 See More

Kids Definition

much

1 of 3 adjective

ˈməch

more ˈmō(ə)r How to pronounce much (audio)

ˈmȯ(ə)r

; most ˈmōst How to pronounce much (audio)

: great in quantity, amount, or extent

has much money

takes too much time

: great in importance or significance

nothing much happened

much

2 of 3 adverb

more; most

: to a great or high level or extent

much happier

: very

much obliged

: just about : nearly

looks much as it did years ago

much

3 of 3 noun

: a great quantity, amount, extent, or part

much that was said is false

: something important or impressive

not much to look at

单词	too much
释义	much 1 of 3 adjective ˈməch more ˈmȯr ; most ˈmōst 1 a : great in quantity, amount, extent, or degree there is much truth in what you say taken too much time b : great in importance or significance nothing much happened 2 obsolete : many in number 3 : more than is expected or acceptable : more than enough the large pizza is a bit much for one person much 2 of 3 adverb more; most 1 a(1) : to a great degree or extent : considerably much happier (2) : very much gratified b(1) : frequently, often (2) : by or for a long time didn't get to work much before noon c : by far was much the brightest student 2 : nearly, approximately looks much the way his father did much 3 of 3 noun 1 : a great quantity, amount, extent, or degree She gave away much of what she owned 2 : something considerable or impressive was not much to look at Phrases too much 1 : wonderful, exciting That rock concert was too much! 2 : terrible, awful as much 1 : the same in quantity not quite as much money 2 : to the same degree Synonyms Adjective big consequential earth-shattering earthshaking eventful historic important major material meaningful momentous monumental significant substantial tectonic weighty Adverb achingly almighty archly awful awfully badly beastly blisteringly bone colossally corking cracking damn damned dang deadly desperately eminently enormously especially ever exceedingly exceeding extra extremely fabulously fantastically far fiercely filthy frightfully full greatly heavily highly hugely immensely incredibly intensely jolly majorly mightily mighty monstrous [chiefly dialect] mortally most particularly passing rattling real really right roaring roaringly seriously severely so sore sorely spanking specially stinking such super supremely surpassingly terribly that thumping too unco uncommonly vastly very vitally way whacking wicked wildly Noun abundance barrel basketful boatload bucket bunch bundle bushel carload chunk deal dozen fistful gobs good deal heap hundred lashings [chiefly British] lashins loads lot mass mess mountain multiplicity myriad oodles pack passel peck pile plateful plenitude plentitude plenty pot potful profusion quantity raft reams scads sheaf shipload sight slew spate stack store ton truckload volume wad wealth yard See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adverb The new car is much better on gas mileage. They both talk too much. Thank you so much for your help. He is much interested in the project. They were much pleased by the compliment. She doesn't visit her family much. The town looks much the same. We came to much the same conclusion. We left the house much as we found it. Noun much of what people think they know about words is inaccurate or downright false See More Recent Examples on the Web Adjective In 2021 and 2022, employees enjoyed much of the power in the employee-employer relationship. —Steve Sonnenberg, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023 Mahomes admitted to being aware of critics who didn't think much of the Chiefs at the start of the season. —José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2023 Though Berry currently spends much of her time traveling the world with Apa, she was born in France. —Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023 And more disruption is coming, with A.I. and the energy transition driving much of it. —Alan Murray, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2023 As technologies to capture and store excess electricity continue to improve, experts say that renewables will soon be able to meet much of the region’s power needs. —Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Feb. 2023 Cocca, who also played or coached in Argentina and Colombia, has spent much of his professional career in Mexico playing for Atlas, Veracruz and Querétaro and coaching with Atlas, Santos and Tijuana in addition to Tigres. —Staff WriterFollow, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023 Hyundai and Kia operate as separate companies in the United States, but Hyundai Motor Group owns a large stake in Kia, and various Hyundai and Kia models share much of their engineering. —Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023 The Eagles determined much of the pace of Sunday’s game, possessing the ball nearly 12 minutes longer than the Chiefs did. —Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023 Adverb Among other demographic groups, though, sentiment has shifted much more. —BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023 But the diesel ban will be much more abrupt, depriving Russia of its main diesel customer overnight. —Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 3 Feb. 2023 But that task appears much more difficult to pull off, with scant signs of a cool-down in a labor market that created more than a half-million jobs in January. —Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023 By plugging in a location, which should yield a much more reliable list of options. —Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2023 But because of how competitive the conference is, much more is at stake down the stretch in the regular season and into the postseason — both in NCAA resume building and to generate consistency in performance. —Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 3 Feb. 2023 Mathurin moved back and forth and was asked to do much more playmaking. —Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Feb. 2023 The new power units will rely much more on electric power and will burn renewable fuels in less powerful V6 engines. —Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN, 3 Feb. 2023 This will make a much more solid, filling lasagna that keeps its shape/layers and goes further. —Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2023 See More Word History Etymology Adjective, Adverb, and Noun Middle English muche large, much, from michel, muchel, from Old English micel, mycel; akin to Old High German mihhil great, large, Latin magnus, Greek megas, Sanskrit mahat First Known Use Adjective 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Adverb 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1) Noun 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing much amount to much add up to much half as big/much/good as as much as half as much/many again as have much to commend it half again as much/many as have much to recommend him/her leave much to be desired like so much have much to recommend it much as much less much to someone's regret much of a muchness much to the regret of (someone) much to someone's surprise never so much as not do much for not making much sense nothing so much as not amount to much not much not much call for not much cop not much good not much on not much to look at not so much (something) as (something else) not up to much so much not think much of so much as so much for so much so (that) so much the better that's not saying much think much of too much very much without (so much as) a by your leave very much so take much notice of have any/much success not much good at not much of a for much longer as much a bit much pretty much much maligned make much of See More amount to much add up to much half as big/much/good as as much as half as much/many again as have much to commend it half again as much/many as have much to recommend him/her leave much to be desired like so much have much to recommend it much as much less much to someone's regret much of a muchness much to the regret of (someone) much to someone's surprise never so much as not do much for not making much sense nothing so much as not amount to much not much not much call for not much cop not much good not much on not much to look at not so much (something) as (something else) not up to much so much not think much of so much as so much for so much so (that) so much the better that's not saying much think much of too much very much without (so much as) a by your leave very much so take much notice of have any/much success not much good at not much of a for much longer as much a bit much pretty much much maligned make much of See More Kids Definition much 1 of 3 adjective ˈməch more ˈmō(ə)r ˈmȯ(ə)r ; most ˈmōst 1 : great in quantity, amount, or extent has much money takes too much time 2 : great in importance or significance nothing much happened much 2 of 3 adverb more; most 1 a : to a great or high level or extent much happier b : very much obliged 2 : just about : nearly looks much as it did years ago much 3 of 3 noun 1 : a great quantity, amount, extent, or part much that was said is false 2 : something important or impressive not much to look at too much phrase as in great of the very best kind "Your jokes are just too much," he said, laughing. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance great excellent fine wonderful awesome terrific lovely fantastic beautiful hot fabulous superb stellar prime good marvelous quality neat number one cool top classic grand famous heavenly numero uno mean all right capital superior immense choice slick marvellous par excellence brave divine topping exceptional keen splendid noble banner sensational frontline boffo sterling out of this world prize unsurpassed nifty dynamite down bumper bully dandy decent superlative fab swell radical hype phat wizard primo groovy crackerjack gangbusters prizewinning bonny topflight special brag righteous supernal peachy dope better corking boss cracking adequate peachy keen No. 1 A-OK acceptable fantabulous gangbuster first-class high-class top-notch first-rate tip-top A1 jim-dandy bonnie top-of-the-line out-of-sight five-star satisfactory tolerable bang-up blue-ribbon traditional four-star top-shelf gone first-string blue-chip gilt-edged gilt-edge classical fancy premium select standard passable okay OK superfine high-grade high-test Antonyms & Near Antonyms terrible awful poor pathetic wretched lousy bad vile rotten execrable atrocious inferior substandard middling unsatisfactory mediocre low-grade second-class second-rate See More
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