myriad

[ mir-ee-uhd ]

noun

1. a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
2. ten thousand.

adjective

1. of an indefinitely great number; innumerable:

   the myriad stars of a summer night.

2. having innumerable phases, aspects, variations, etc.:

   the myriad mind of Shakespeare.

   Synonyms: untold, infinite, boundless, countless

3. ten thousand.

myriad

/ ˈmɪrɪəd /

adjective

1. innumerable

noun

1. also used in plural a large indefinite number
2. archaic.
   ten thousand

Other Words From

• myri·ad·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of myriad¹

First recorded in 1545–55; from Greek mȳriad-, stem of mȳriás “ten thousand,” from mȳríos “countless”

Word History and Origins

Origin of myriad¹

C16: via Late Latin from Greek murias ten thousand

Example Sentences

This makes sense for Musk, who wanted to retain control of his myriad companies while simultaneously providing input on all the regulators that contract with and ensure legal compliance from SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink.

From Slate

Academic Senate Chair Steven W. Cheung said the outcome has raised myriad questions for UC — whether funding for financial aid will be slashed, fragile gains in racial and gender equity undone, clean energy and fetal stem cell research buried and access to health care lost.

From Los Angeles Times

Much of Hydra’s interface would have looked familiar to anyone who’s used the dark web marketplace Silk Road or its myriad knock-off clones: you can glance through the forums and customer reviews to check which pills and powders will rock your socks off and which will leave you feeling worse than Uma Thurman in “Pulp Fiction.”

From Salon

In the modern era, it has had flaws introduced by SCOTUS, like the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, the unleashing of a tidal wave of big money into our politics, the myriad ways that, if we were to design a sort of platonic democracy, we would not include.

From Slate

The myriad accomplishments by Black Americans in the face of the oppressive conditions of slavery and racial hierarchy openly defied stereotypes of their inferiority.

From Salon

Related Words

• countless
• endless
• infinite
• multiple