myriad

[mir-ee-uhd]

noun

1. a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.

2. ten thousand.

adjective

1. of an indefinitely great number; innumerable.

   the myriad stars of a summer night.

2. having innumerable phases, aspects, variations, etc..

   the myriad mind of Shakespeare.

   Synonyms: untold, infinite, boundless, countless

3. ten thousand.

myriad

/ ˈmɪrɪəd /

adjective

1. innumerable

noun

1. (also used in plural) a large indefinite number

2. archaic,  ten thousand

Other Word Forms

• myriadly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of myriad¹

First recorded in 1545–55; from Greek mȳriad-, stem of mȳriás “ten thousand,” from mȳríos “countless”

Word History and Origins

Origin of myriad¹

C16: via Late Latin from Greek murias ten thousand

Example Sentences

Anchored by extensive conversations with the director Martin Scorsese, it is a five-hour, five-part contemplation of an extraordinary career and the myriad forces — personal, cultural, spiritual — that drove, and occasionally threatened to derail, it.

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The answer to which theory is correct, as of now, is a mystery, but it's one Muñoz will be hard at work solving with myriad modeling techniques.

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The country's myriad conflicts are adding to existing pressures on hunger and food inflation.

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While the great soul men often led with a single, potent lead vocal, D’Angelo split his voice into myriad lines on “Voodoo,” stacking lavish parts like pieces in a Jenga tower.

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This three-year rally has overcome the headwinds of high interest rates, recession warnings, tariff and political uncertainty, and myriad regional conflicts that would have stopped virtually every other bull market dead in its tracks.

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Related Words

• countless 
• endless 
• infinite 
• multiple