Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun multitude

3 senses of multitude

Sense 1
battalion, large number, multitude, plurality, pack -- (a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions")
       => large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount -- (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Sense 2
multitude, throng, concourse -- (a large gathering of people)
       => gathering, assemblage -- (a group of persons together in one place)

Sense 3
multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed -- (the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people")
       => group, grouping -- (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)