hundreds of thousands
Many, many people
Hundreds of thousands denotes a quantity in the range of 100,000 to 999,999—too large to count precisely but smaller than millions.
The phrase emphasizes impressive scale: Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the streets.
It often appears when exact figures are unknown or when the sheer magnitude matters more than precision.
- large-scaleOf great size
- millionOne thousand thousands
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- per capitaFor each individual
- innumerableToo many to count
vast · myriad · abundant · throngs · refugees · displaced persons · measurement · estimation · substantial · masses · took to the streets · casualties · death toll · job losses · statistics · significant · data · overwhelming
hundred, hundreds, thousand, thousands, hundredth, thousandth, hundredfold, thousandfold