Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun volume
6 senses of volume
Sense 1
volume -- (the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume")
=> measure, quantity, amount -- (how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)
Sense 2
bulk, mass, volume -- (the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports")
=> magnitude -- (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea")
Sense 3
book, volume -- (physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop")
=> product, production -- (an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production")
Sense 4
volume -- (a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications; "the third volume was missing"; "he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review")
=> publication -- (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)
Sense 5
volume -- (a relative amount; "mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water")
=> measure, quantity, amount -- (how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)
Sense 6
volume, loudness, intensity -- (the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume")
=> sound property -- (an attribute of sound)