Synonyms of much

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adjective

ˈməch 

as in significant

having great meaning or lasting effect

actually, nothing much changed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• significant
• important
• major
• big
• historic
• substantial
• meaningful
• eventful
• exceptional
• momentous
• monumental
• tectonic
• distinguished
• consequential
• remarkable
• material
• earthshaking
• serious
• weighty
• valuable
• pivotal
• worthy
• great
• earth-shattering
• outstanding
• noteworthy
• notable
• decisive
• prominent
• distinctive
• crucial
• seminal
• impressive
• strategic
• worthwhile
• earnest
• sincere
• fatal
• fateful
• central
• famous
• essential
• critical
• heavy
• grave
• key
• illustrious
• eminent
• vital
• all-important
• notorious
• prestigious
• renowned
• noble
• preeminent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• little
• small
• slight
• trivial
• minor
• insignificant
• unimportant
• negligible
• inconsiderable
• trifling
• inconsequential
• worthless
• petty
• paltry
• unknown
• obscure
• anonymous
• nameless
• uncelebrated

much

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adverb

1

as in very

to a great degree

much gratified by the favorable response to her novel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• very
• extremely
• terribly
• too
• incredibly
• far
• highly
• so
• really
• damn
• badly
• damned
• seriously
• desperately
• greatly
• most
• that
• severely
• heavily
• intensely
• especially
• particularly
• such
• full
• wildly
• real
• immensely
• super
• jolly
• extra
• fiercely
• exceptionally
• way
• awfully
• hugely
• absolutely
• exceedingly
• enormously
• mighty
• specially
• fantastically
• totally
• vitally
• good and
• vastly
• thoroughly
• remarkably
• supremely
• awful
• deeply
• passing
• uncommonly
• significantly
• frightfully
• fabulously
• eminently
• a lot
• completely
• ever
• sore
• entirely
• surpassingly
• achingly
• bone
• utterly
• roaring
• deadly
• mortally
• archly
• wicked
• sorely
• colossally
• majorly
• beastly
• rattling
• considerably
• positively
• mightily
• dang
• cracking
• almighty
• thumping
• noticeably
• monstrous
• whacking
• roaringly
• wholly
• blisteringly
• fully
• spanking
• corking
• substantially
• right
• filthy
• obviously
• stinking
• notably
• radically
• purely
• visibly
• extensively
• unco
• profoundly
• as all get-out
• downright
• markedly
• appreciably
• abundantly
• altogether
• discernibly
• palpably
• excessively
• flat-out
• plentifully
• overmuch
• plainly
• monumentally
• obscenely
• amazingly
• astronomically
• astonishingly
• staggeringly
• monstrously
• grandly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• little
• somewhat
• slightly
• nominally
• negligibly
• just
• hardly
• scarcely
• barely
• marginally
• minimally
• meagerly
• scantily

2

as in highly

to a large extent or degree

the new decorations made me much happier

Synonyms & Similar Words

• highly
• considerably
• greatly
• significantly
• extensively
• utterly
• broadly
• tremendously
• largely
• massively
• noticeably
• hugely
• enormously
• vastly
• a lot
• staggeringly
• monumentally
• stupendously
• sizably
• astronomically
• big-time
• no end
• appreciably
• monstrously
• colossally
• by half
• abundantly
• plentifully
• copiously
• amply
• healthily

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• little
• slightly
• nominally
• modestly
• negligibly
• hardly
• scarcely
• just
• barely
• minutely
• minimally
• imperceptibly
• microscopically
• fractionally
• insignificantly
• infinitesimally
• invisibly

3

as in almost

very close to but not completely

today the old neighborhood looks much as it did years ago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• almost
• nearly
• practically
• about
• most
• fairly
• virtually
• pretty much
• somewhere
• just about
• mostly
• more or less
• fair
• as good as
• somewhat
• nigh
• largely
• mainly
• near
• all but
• appreciably
• well-nigh
• next to
• feckly
• chiefly
• within an inch of
• borderline
• partly
• partially
• by and large
• kind of

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• quite
• entirely
• fully
• completely
• thoroughly
• absolutely
• well
• altogether
• wholly
• totally
• plain
• utterly
• hardly
• scarcely
• barely
• plumb

4

as in often

many times

I don't do that much anymore

Synonyms & Similar Words

• often
• frequently
• constantly
• repeatedly
• always
• continually
• oftentimes
• time after time
• time and again
• oft
• over and over
• regularly
• again and again
• again
• hourly
• a lot
• usually
• consistently
• commonly
• continuously
• ordinarily
• generally
• unceasingly
• routinely
• anew
• uninterruptedly
• night and day
• habitually
• perpetually
• continuingly
• afresh
• intermittently
• periodically
• recurrently

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• little
• rarely
• seldom
• now
• sometimes
• infrequently
• never
• occasionally
• once
• now and then
• sporadically
• ne'er

5

as in about

close to but not exactly

he behaves much the same as I did at that age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• about
• approximately
• roughly
• around
• some
• say
• nearly
• like
• more or less
• somewhere about
• somewhere around
• plus or minus
• generally
• near
• after a fashion
• loosely
• practically
• virtually
• nominally
• kind of
• well-nigh

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exactly
• precisely
• even
• just
• due
• sharp
• squarely
• smack-dab

much

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noun

as in plenty

a considerable amount

much of what people think they know about words is inaccurate or downright false

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plenty
• ton
• loads
• lot
• dozen
• slew
• deal
• bunch
• wealth
• chunk
• quantity
• pile
• abundance
• bundle
• raft
• stack
• quite a bit
• all kinds (of)
• hundred
• volume
• myriad
• boatload
• gobs
• good deal
• heap
• bucket
• truckload
• pack
• oodles
• profusion
• mess
• yard
• plenitude
• carload
• multiplicity
• reams
• mass
• peck
• mountain
• bushel
• pot
• store
• wad
• fistful
• scads
• shipload
• sight
• sheaf
• thousands
• barrel
• basketful
• plentitude
• plateful
• lashings
• potful
• spate
• excess
• score
• flood
• surplus
• overmuch
• overabundance
• plague
• passel
• rash
• plethora
• surfeit
• embarrassment
• overkill
• sea
• multitude
• superabundance
• epidemic
• crowd
• million
• overage
• host
• bonanza
• superfluity
• overflow
• oversupply
• redundancy
• deluge
• cram
• swarm
• press
• drove
• army
• horde
• throng
• bevy
• flock
• legion
• crush
• zillion
• herd
• mob
• gazillion
• trillion
• jillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bit
• taste
• touch
• tad
• handful
• hint
• ounce
• strain
• suspicion
• spot
• mite
• shade
• mouthful
• glimmer
• peanuts
• pittance
• speck
• grain
• sprinkling
• shadow
• trace
• pinch
• modicum
• little
• iota
• whit
• particle
• ray
• fragment
• streak
• molecule
• sprinkle
• scruple
• lick
• atom
• ace
• dram
• scrap
• dab
• shred
• jot
• dot
• smidgen
• mote
• scintilla
• nip
• tittle
• section
• granule
• crumb
• lack
• portion
• smattering
• piece
• drop
• absence
• dash
• morsel
• shot
• shortage
• paucity
• driblet
• fleck
• scarcity
• want
• poverty
• flyspeck
• nubbin
• dearth
• smatter
• deficiency
• famine
• deficit
• insufficiency
• inadequacy
• scarceness
• meagerness
• scantiness
• undersupply
• skimpiness
• scantness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of much

Adjective

The same Draymond Green who has spent much of his career blurring the line between basketball and mixed martial arts is now handing out lessons on sportsmanship. —Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026

In the 18th century, much of the palace was demolished save for the north wing, which was greatly altered. —Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 15 June 2026

Adverb

Despite this successful effort, which contributed to the opportunity to create a much larger voting electorate, it has not been fully realized. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 June 2026

Beyond stand-up, the festival offers an eclectic mix of sketch and improv performances, panel discussions, intimate conversations with comedy legends, talent competitions, star-studded fundraising galas, film screenings, live podcast tapings, interactive partner activations and much more. —William Earl, Variety, 17 June 2026

Noun

Daniels couldn’t do much, but tried to provide a comforting voice. —Andy Wacker, Outside Online, 18 May 2025

The best part about the Pines is there is no pressure to do much, and there is anything and everything at your fingertips. —Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2024

Phrases Containing much

• a bit much
• make much of
• much as
• much less
• much of a muchness
• pretty much
• too much