Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Synonyms

good many, a

Idioms  

  1. Also, a great many. A large number of, as in A good many checks have come in already, or We saw only a few hikers on the trail, when we had thought there would be a great many. The first term dates from the early 1800s, the variant from the late 1600s. Also see a lot; quite a bit (few).

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Reason: the bond market is "not particularly good"; many a bond is low in price, high in interest.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although Christian churches are officially committed to belief in Heaven as an ultimate reward for good, many a Christian considers it bad taste to speculate in detail upon life after death.

From Time Magazine Archive

She thought Bel Bree had got a notion of one way, that was open, or might be, to a good many, a way that it remained, perhaps, for themselves to open rightly.

From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

I know it has influenced me for good many a time in the past, and would continue to do so still if I were not past redemption.”

From Charlie to the Rescue by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.