| Noun | 1. | large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity chunk - a substantial amount; "we won a chunk of money" busload - the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry barrels - the amount that many barrels might hold good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" large number, multitude, pack, plurality, battalion - a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions" all get out, billy-ho, billyo, billyoh - an unimaginably large amount; "British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'" boatload, shipload, carload - the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car; "he imported wine by the boatload" infinitude - an infinite quantity maximum, upper limit - the largest possible quantity mile - a large distance; "he missed by a mile" gazillion, jillion, trillion, zillion, million, billion - a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies" much - a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity" myriad - a large indefinite number; "he faced a myriad of details" ream - a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams" small fortune - a large sum of money; "he made a small fortune in the commodities market" |