muchness
State of plenty
Muchness is the quality or state of being much—greatness in quantity, extent, or degree.
The word is rare outside the phrase much of a muchness, meaning roughly the same, without significant difference: The two candidates are much of a muchness on economic policy.
Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" gave the word brief independent life with the Mad Hatter's question about whether Alice had lost her muchness—her essential spark or vitality.
Sufficient quantity, and then some
- bountyReward for capture
- profusionExtravagant amount present
- copiousnessState of great abundance
- plenitudeComplete fullness or abundance
fullness · richness · amplitude · cornucopia · lavishness · generosity · largesse · ample
Amount exceeding requirement
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
- glutExcessive surplus
- plethoraExcessive surplus
oversupply · saturation · superfluity · extravagance · overkill · overflow · redundancy · immoderation
State of being immense
- immensityLimitless extent or magnitude
- enormityGrave wickedness or immensity
- greatnessExceptional importance or eminence
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
scope · extent · scale · expansiveness · breadth · sizableness · voluminousness · substantiality
Standard or attribute
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- substancePhysical material with mass
- quiddityInherent essential nature
essential · intrinsic · fundamental · identity · constitution · whatness · suchness · beingness
Intense emotional intensity
- passionIntense emotional drive
- vehemenceForceful emotional passion
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- zealIntense driving devotion
vigor · potency · forcefulness · fierceness · verve · vivacity · gusto · exuberance
plenty
Sufficient quantity, and then some
- bountyReward for capture
- profusionExtravagant amount present
- copiousnessState of great abundance
plenitude · fullness · richness · amplitude · cornucopia · lavishness · generosity · largesse · ample · bountiful
surplus
Amount exceeding requirement
- overabundanceExcessive quantity beyond need
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
- glutExcessive surplus
plethora · oversupply · saturation · superfluity · extravagance · overkill · overflow · redundancy · immoderation · excessiveness
vastness
State of being immense
- immensityLimitless extent or magnitude
- enormityGrave wickedness or immensity
- greatnessExceptional importance or eminence
grandeur · scope · extent · scale · expansiveness · breadth · sizableness · voluminousness · substantiality · considerable
quality
Standard or attribute
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- substancePhysical material with mass
quiddity · essential · intrinsic · fundamental · identity · constitution · whatness · suchness · beingness · thingness
fervor
Intense emotional intensity
zeal · vigor · potency · forcefulness · fierceness · verve · vivacity · gusto · exuberance · spiritedness
muchnessscarcity
Insufficiency of something needed
littleness · paucity · dearth · scantiness · shortage
muchnessslightness
Lack of substance or bulk
smallness · negligibility · triviality · insignificance · minimality
- much of a muchnessPractically indistinguishable from each other
much, too much, very much, how much, overmuch, muchly, as much as