Definition of MUCH

much

Plural: muches

Noun

  • A large amount or quantity of something.
  • a great amount or extent
    • "they did much for humanity"

Adjective

  • (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent
    • "not much rain"
    • "much affection"
    • "much grain is in storage"

Adverb

  • to a great degree or extent
    • "she's much better now"
  • very
    • "he was much annoyed"
  • to a very great degree or extent
    • "we enjoyed ourselves very much"
    • "she was very much interested"
  • (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely
    • "much the same thing happened every time"
  • frequently or in great quantities
    • "I don't drink much"
    • "I don't travel much"

Det

  • A large amount of.
  • Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something.
  • A great number of; many (people).
  • many ( + plural countable noun).

Adj

  • Large, great.
  • Long in duration.

Adv

  • To a great extent.
  • To a great extent.
  • for emphasis or to indicate a great difference
  • Often; frequently.
  • Used to indicate or compare extent.
  • Combining with an adjective or (occasionally) a noun, used in a rhetorical question to mock someone for having the specified quality.
  • Almost.

Pron

  • A large amount or great extent.

Examples

  • Add this much water and no more.
  • After much discussion, we decided to set about the task with much enthusiasm.
  • Both candidates, who are much of an age, say much the same thing, but the youngest shows much the commoner behavior of the two.
  • Do you think I have much chance of catching the train on time?
  • Does he get drunk much?
  • He is much fatter than I remember him.
  • He left her, much to the satisfaction of her other suitor.
  • He still had much to learn about advanced Scrabble strategy, despite his recent win.
  • Honestly, I can't stand much more of this.
  • However much I eat, I never get fat.
  • I don't like melon much, and I don’t much care for milk chocolate either: I find them both much too sweet.
  • I don't like Wagner as much as I like Mozart.
  • Jamie's always preaching about how we need to save a planet when she drives literally everywhere she goes. Like, hypocritical much?
  • Much of literature is concerned with stylistics.
  • My English was much the worst, and I'm certainly not much good at math either, of that I'm very much aware.
  • Take as much time as you like.
  • That boyfriend of yours is much {like - the same as} the others.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, miċel (“big, much”), from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“big, stour, great”). See also mickle, muckle.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots mickle, mukill, mekil, mikil (“big, large, great, much”), Middle Dutch mēkel (“great, many, much”), Middle High German michel ("great, many, much"; > German michel (“great, big, large”)), Norwegian Bokmål mye (“much”), Norwegian Nynorsk mykje (“much”), Swedish mycket (“much”), Danish meget (“much”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils, “great, many”), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large, great”), Modern Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “large, great”).
Note that English much is not related to Spanish mucho, and their resemblance in both form and meaning is purely coincidental, as mucho derives from Latin multus and is not related to the Germanic forms. Instead, related to Spanish maño.

Synonyms

a good deal, a great deal, a lot, lots, often, practically, very much, a great deal of, a lot of, greatly, highly, loads, plenty

Antonyms

little, almost, few, less, nearly

Scrabble Score: 11

much: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
much: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
much: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

much: valid Words With Friends Word