Synonyms:
batch, deal, flock, good_deal, great_deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite_a_little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy_sum, wad
Meaning: (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"
Usage examples
"I slew the man in Central Park.
Ah sir, said the damosel, that same is he that slew your three sons.
This day he slew the enemy's king, and then the war was over at once.
This day he slew the enemy's king, and then the war was over at once.
The basilisk saw herself reflected in this mirror, and her own glance slew her immediately.
He swiftly fled, but they speedily followed, and for his many crimes slew him then and there.
Wherever they passed they not merely plundered to right and left, but slew off the whole population.
Hercules slew the giant, the two-headed dog and Geryon himself, and in due course brought the oxen to Eurystheus.
Now she was so superstitious as to comply with their desires, and accordingly they slew whom they pleased themselves.
And He is witness of my wrath, How it was kindled against murderers Who slew for gold, and how upon their path I met them.