hundreds
Three-digit quantities
Hundreds is the plural of hundred, referring to multiple groups of one hundred or to quantities in the range of 100-999.
It often indicates an imprecise but substantial number: Hundreds of people showed up.
The hundreds place is the third digit from the right in a numeral.
In the plural, it can specify a century: the seventeen hundreds means the 1700s.
Assembled multitudes
- swarmsGathers in vast numbers
- flocksAnimal groups together
- herdsGroups of grazing animals
- massesBulk or populace
legions · hordes · throngs · droves · mobs · packs · clusters · gatherings
Too numerous to count
- innumerableToo many to count
- myriadExtremely large number
- numerousExisting in great quantity
- manifoldMany and various
copious · plentiful · ample · profuse · teeming · overflowing · endless · untold
Groups of twelve
- scoresAchieves points; many
- thousandsMultiple units of 1,000
- millionsNumbers in seven figures
- billionsThousands of millions
tens · fifties · twenties · multiples · increments · units · figures · numerals
In approximate terms
- approximatelyClose but not exact
- nearlyAlmost but incomplete
- aroundIn the vicinity
- aboutConcerning or approximately
close to · upwards of · estimates · ballpark · range · give or take · order of magnitude
crowds
Assembled multitudes
masses · legions · hordes · throngs · droves · mobs · packs · clusters · gatherings · groups
countless
Too numerous to count
- innumerableToo many to count
- myriadExtremely large number
- numerousExisting in great quantity
manifold · copious · plentiful · ample · profuse · teeming · overflowing · endless · untold · incalculable
dozens
Groups of twelve
billions · tens · fifties · twenties · multiples · increments · units · figures · numerals · amounts
roughly
In approximate terms
- approximatelyClose but not exact
- nearlyAlmost but incomplete
- aroundIn the vicinity
about · close to · upwards of · estimates · ballpark · range · give or take · order of magnitude
- basic mathsubtraction, multiplying, dividing, adding, subtracting
- money slangbucks, dough, moolah, cheddar, cash
- number wordspair, duo, trio, quartet, quintet
- number sensenumber sense, counting, numeracy, number recognition, number line
- US currencydollar, dollar bills, penny, dollars, nickel
- quantitiessome, many, few, amount, several
- one hundredTen squared
- one hundred percentThe whole amount
- three hundredNumeral after 299
- a hundred percentTotal completeness or certainty
- two hundredNumber after one-ninety-nine
- hundred dollarsTen tens monetarily