innumerable

Also in·nu·mer·ous

[ih-noo-mer-uh-buhl, ih-nyoo-]

adjective

1. very numerous.

2. incapable of being counted; countless.

   Synonyms: numberless

innumerable

/ ɪˈnjuːmrəbəl, ɪˈnjuːmərəbəl /

adjective

1. so many as to be uncountable; extremely numerous

Other Word Forms

• innumerably adverb
• innumerability noun
• innumerabilness noun
• quasi-innumerable adjective
• quasi-innumerably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of innumerable¹

1300–50; Middle English, from Latin innumerābilis “countless, innumerable,” equivalent to in- in- ³ + numerābilis “that can be counted or numbered” ( numerā(re) “to count” + -bilis -ble )

Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

A mother’s tasks are innumerable and nonlinear; dinner has to get underway just when the laundry has to be transferred to the dryer.

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Miller, the Mono Lake Committee’s Eastern Sierra policy director, and Geoff McQuilkin, its executive director, led the way to a burbling spring rimmed by innumerable hoof prints.

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Emissions spewed by factories and innumerable cars also have left their invisible mark on the soil across our urban landscape.

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Any religion that’s thousands of years old and practiced in innumerable places will be beyond complicated in doctrine and nuance, and Buddhism is no exception.

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And judging by their win, she found that in innumerable people who voted for them as well.

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Related Words

• countless 
• myriad 
• numerous 
• untold