DOZENS Synonyms: 184 Similar and Opposite Words

dozens

noun

variants or dozen

plural of dozen

as in hundreds

a considerable amount dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected

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Recent Examples of dozens For Le Labo, Deborah Royer, global brand president and creative director, said the brand still operates with the mindset of an indie — even a dozen years post-acquisition. — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 Israeli strikes in northern and southern Gaza killed three Palestinians and wounded at least a dozen others, according to health officials at Gaza hospitals. — Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026 Bedsure PureWoven Embroidered Quilt Anyone who’s anti-comforter can find a happy compromise in this cotton quilt, which is available in a dozen different colors to complement your bedroom’s color palette. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026 On October 7, after dozens of comedians posted videos about this crisis to social media, including big names like Marc Maron, Patton Oswalt, and Sam Morril, Maniscalco finally issued a response. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026 Jerusalem — The strike plan called for hitting a vast underground complex in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, comprised of dozens of rooms and a network of interconnecting tunnels. — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 The district boasts 33 schools in all, with more than two dozen choices for elementary education and both charter and neighborhood options for high school students. — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 The CIDs being sent to AI companies are dozens of questions long, according to the official, encompassing what the companies have said about the dangers of their products and other questions around consumer harm. — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Mississippi State struggled last year, and the Bulldogs still finished a couple dozen yards from winning before a defensive tackle interception. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dozens

Noun

As the hundreds of thousands of people made their way down the narrow roads following the politician, a few rerouted into the industry event, still carrying big flags and with faces lit up with hope.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Like hundreds of others around the country, the school was closed.

— NICOLAS GARRIGA, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of hundreds

Noun

This is the kind of test that quickly separates a power station that merely has an impressive number printed on its case from one with an inverter and battery management system capable of handling tough, real-world loads.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Data collected from the test rig could allow manufacturers to design heat pumps and heat exchangers for high temperatures, large loads, and changing conditions.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

Hyatt transformed the resort with six new buildings, including additional guest houses; all 117 rooms have also been overhauled, and there is a new pool as well as tons of new activities and programs.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Movement analysis With tons of byes in the area, there wasn’t a ton of room for movement in the local rankings.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of tons

Noun

There simply wasn’t enough of either scattered across the piles, the team found.

— Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
Nearby, the neat rows of grapevines and fig trees his family had tended for three generations had vanished under piles of rubble.

— Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of piles

Noun

The recall affects drinks in lots 091026 DL, 091126 DL, 072226 DT, 072426 TL, 073126 TL, 072926 TL, 073026 TL, 081026 TL, 082126 OA, 080126 DL, 082026 DL, 083126 DT, 082526 KM, 090426 KM and 072726 TL.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Nonstop construction, destruction, too, and lots and lots and lots of gold.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of lots

Noun

The Hero With a Tragic Backstory Below stars Josh Hartnett as Calvin Penney, a fisherman fallen on hard times who now retrieves chunks of floating Arctic ice to be used in making vodka and reluctantly AirBnBs his home to tourists.

— Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Add the flour, chocolate chunks and about three-quarters of the broken graham crackers and stir with a rubber spatula until combined and all the flour is absorbed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of chunks

Noun

Any niche status went out the window years ago, as slews of more casual runners opt into the marathon experience.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2026
Hyperia then automatically slews to the target and performs an operation called astrometry – measuring the precise positions of stars to double-check its accuracy.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2026

Definition of slews

Noun

While most of its Prime Day deals have been removed, some highly effective ThinkPad business portables can still be had for cheap, along with a solid Chromebook and some monitors.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026
Playful dinnerware and elegant barware are marked down as part of the post-Prime Day deals.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026

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