much

Meanings

Adjective

• Large, great.
• Long in duration.

Adverb

• To a great extent.
• Often; frequently.
• Almost.

Pronoun

• A large amount or great extent.

Related

Similar words

• a great deal of, a lot of
• a great deal, a lot, greatly, highly, loads, plenty , very much

Opposite words

• little
• less, little, few, almost, nearly,

Origin

• From Middle English muche, apocopated variant of muchel, from Old English micel, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-. See also mickle, muckle.
• , Norwegian Bokmål mye ("much"), Norwegian Nynorsk mykje ("much"), Swedish mycket ("much"), Danish meget ("much"), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 ("great, many"), Ancient Greek μέγας ("large, great"), Modern Greek μεγάλος ("large, great").
• Note that English much is not related to Spanish mucho, and their resemblance in both form and meaning is purely coincidental, as mucho derives from Latin multus and is not related to the Germanic forms. Instead, related to Spanish maño.