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legion

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of legion

being of a large but indefinite number

  • the obstacles that the programmers had to overcome have been legion
Synonyms of legion

beaucoup [slang], many, multifold, multiple, multiplex, multitudinous, numerous
Words Related to legion

countless, innumerable, numberless, uncountable, unnumbered, untold

several, some

miscellaneous, mixed, sundry, various

divers, manifold, multifarious, myriad
Phrases Synonymous with legion

all kinds of, quite a few
Near Antonyms of legion

countable, limited
Antonyms of legion

few

legion

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of legion

1 a large body of men and women organized for land warfare

  • joined the French Foreign Legion
Synonyms of legion

army, array, battalion, host
Words Related to legion

militia, national guard, standing army

infantry, ranks, regulars, soldiers, troopers, troops

2 a great number of persons or creatures massed together

  • legions of fans crowded the stadium for the rock concert
Synonyms of legion

army, bike [chiefly Scottish], cram, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, mass, mob, multitude, press, rout, scrum, swarm, throng
Words Related to legion

masses, millions, rabble, rabblement, riffraff

gaggle

heap, mountain, pile

jam, logjam

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