2. propagation, breeding, generation, production; reproduction, procreation, engenderment; fructification, pullulation, proliferation, fecundation, multiparity.
multiplicity, n. 1. multitude, host, array, large or great number, SI. slew; quantity, lot, whole lot, bunch, whole bunch, batch, abundance, a great deal, large or great amount; volume, mass, mountain, ton, tons, barrel, barrels, acres, oceans, heaps, piles, stacks, oodles, gobs, scads.
2. multiplexity, manifoldness, multifariousness, manysidedness, variety, diversity, diverseness, multiformity; complexity, intricacy, involvement, complicatedness, complication, complicacy, convolutedness.
multiply, v. 1. double, duplicate, make twofold, redouble, triple, triplicate, quadruple, quadruplicate, quintuple, quintuplicate, sextuple, septuple, septupli-cate, octuple, decuple, make tenfold, make numerous or multitudinous; increase, augment, add to, superadd to, enlarge, make larger, make greater, Chiefly Literary. greaten, build up, boost, raise, heighten, aggrandize, magnify; grow, accrete, get bigger, accelerate, speed up, intensify, snowball, mushroom, burgeon.
2. propagate, produce, generate, make fruitful or prolific or fecund, fecundate; reproduce, breed, procreate, bring forth or bear offspring, Obs. teem; engender, (esp. of a male parent) beget, sire, father; hatch, (ofanimals) drop, (ofswine) farrow, (of dogs) pup, (of cats) kitten, (of dogs, lions, etc.) whelp, (of sheep or goats) yean, (offish) spawn; fructify, be fruitful, bear fruit, pullulate, proliferate, be prolific, be fertile, breed like a rabbit.
multitude, n. 1. host, mass, crowd, throng, crush, SI. mess, horde; drove, bevy, herd, pack, flock, swarm, gaggle, school, shoal; army, legion, tribe, band, team, troop, squad, company, group, party, body; assemblage, congregation, aggregation, array, accumulation, assortment; bunch, gang, crew, Inf. caboodle; concentration, concourse, confluence, conflux, convergence.
2. lots, a lot, Inf. raft, SI. scads, SI. a scad, piles, a pile, Inf. heaps, Inf. a heap, lashings; bags of, Inf. gobs of, bags, barrels, tons, a bunch, a bushel and a peck; shipload, passel; myriad, a thousand and one, scores, numbers, a number, Inf. scillions, Inf. zillions, Inf. oodles, Inf slew; multiplicity, multitudinousness, plenty, abundance, profusion, galaxy; congestion, jam, press, rush, Inf. mob scene, endless stream, river, torrent, flood, deluge, ocean, sea, world.
3. the multitude commonalty, the public, the general public, the masses; populace, citizenry, proletariat, hoi polloi, bourgeoisie, SI. booboisie, rank and file; commoners, peasantry; the lower classes, low life, dregs, riffraff, mob, rabble, rout, Inf. the great unwashed.
multitudinous, adj. numerous, multiple, multiplied, multifold, Inf. umpteen, multifarious, manifold, various; myriad, sundry, divers, several, many; profuse, prevalent, plentiful, abundant, copious, rife; teeming, swarming, brimming, overflowing, abounding, crowded; great, considerable, large; innumerable, countless, numerous as the stars in the Milky Way, numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, illimitable, limitless, unlimited, boundless, unbounded; immeasurable, unfathomable, incalculable.
mum, adj. 1. silent, speechless, mute, dumb, noiseless, soundless, aphonic; voiceless, nonvocal, wordless, pantomimic; reticent, taciturn, quiet, uncommunicative, reserved; tight-lipped, closed-mouthed, tongue-tied, buttoned up; evasive, secretive, noncommital.
