quantities

Measured numerical values

Quantities is the plural of quantity—amounts or numbers of something: The recipe calls for large quantities of butter.

In commerce and manufacturing, quantity often implies bulk: We offer discounts on quantity orders.

The word can suggest vagueness about exact numbers: Unknown quantities of weapons were seized.

abundance

abundance

Ample supply, overflowing

copious · profusion · surfeit · myriad · multitude · overflowing · teeming · plethora · galore · plenty

units

liters

Fluid capacity units

pounds · kilograms · grams · tons · cubic · hectares · acres · barrels · bushels · pecks

measurement

scale

Measure of relative size

mass · density · magnitude · proportion · dimension · size · area · width · height · depth

bulk

wholesale

Bulk sales to merchants

bales · containers · stockpile · inventory · consignment · freight · warehouse · distribution · supply · reserve

scarcity

shortage

Deficient supply of necessities

paucity · lack · shortfall · insufficiency · deficiency · meager · sparse · scarce · limited · minimal

Categories
Opposites
measurable vs. non-measurable attributes

quantitiesqualities

Distinguishing traits or features

characteristics · essences · intangibles · attributes · properties

plural amounts vs. singular units

quantitiesone

Lowest positive integer

singulars · units · individuals · unities

parts vs. wholes

quantitieswholes

Complete unified amounts

totalities · entireties · unities · indivisibles · completeness

Phrases
Family

quantity, quantify, quantitative, quantifiable, qualitative, quantified, quantification, quantifying, quantifies

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G