myriad

²myr·i·ad

adj \ˈmir-ē-əd\

Definition of MYRIAD

1

: innumerable <those myriad problems>; also : both numerous and diverse <myriad topics>

2

: having innumerable aspects or elements <the myriad activity of the new land — Meridel Le Sueur>

Examples of MYRIAD

1. The old system's problems were myriad.
2. <the myriad problems that today's cities face>
3. … the more quotations that could be found, the more easily the subtle differences between the (possibly) myriad usages and meanings of any single word could be identified. This is how historical dictionaries are made … —Simon Winchester, The Meaning of Everything, 2003
4. The age of white guilt, with its myriad corruptions and its almost racist blindness to minority individuality, may someday go down like the age of racism went down … —Shelby Steele, Harper's, November 2002
5. World War II accelerated the progress of science and technology into the microcosm. Scientists and technologists played tag with one another in their search for microscopic control. With mathematics and myriad theories, they defined a new microcosm. —Joseph A. Amato, Dust, 2000

Origin of MYRIAD

(see ¹myriad)

First Known Use: 1765

Related to MYRIAD

Synonyms: divers, multifarious, manifold

Antonyms: countable, enumerable, numberable

Related Words: multiform, multiple, multiplex, multitudinous; heterogeneous, heterogenous, miscellaneous, mixed, sundry, various; different, diverse, unlike, varied

Near Antonyms: homogeneous, homogenous, monolithic, unmixed, unvaried; alike, identical, same; distinct, distinctive, individual, separate; alone, lone, only, sole, solitary; singular, unique

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