innumerable

Too many, uncountable

Innumerable means too many to count: innumerable stars filled the night sky, We've been over this innumerable times.

The word suggests vastness rather than literal uncountability—you wouldn't say innumerable unless the quantity feels overwhelming.

It's more formal than countless and less hyperbolic than infinite.

quantity

countless

Too numerous to count

incalculable · uncountable · legion · manifold · multifarious · umpteen · zillion · gazillion · scores · masses

vastness

immeasurable

Beyond any quantification

infinite · illimitable · fathomless · unfathomable · inexhaustible · endless · unending · interminable · vast · expansive

abundance

plentiful

Existing in abundance

bountiful · teeming · swarming · prolific · overflowing · replete · rife · awash · flush · rampant

overwhelm

deluge

Severe overflow of water

inundation · barrage · onslaught · bombardment · swamped · engulfed · besieged · overrun · drowning · buried

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Opposites
quantity/amount

innumerablefew

Small in number

countable · finite · scarce · limited · numbered

countability/computability

innumerablecountable

Able to be tallied

finite · enumerable · limited · calculable · computable

Family

number, numbers, numbered, numbering, numeral, numerical, enumerate, numberless, unnumbered

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G