thousand
Millenary in Latin
A thousand is the number 1,000—ten hundreds or 10³.
Beyond counting, thousand often suggests a large but vague quantity: I've told you a thousand times.
The plural thousands emphasizes magnitude: Thousands gathered in the square.
As an adjective: a thousand reasons to stay.
Thousand-unit prefix
- kilogramBase unit of mass
- kilometerThousand meters
- kilobyteStorage measurement unit
- kilohertzThousand-cycle frequency unit
kilojoule · kilowatt · kilopascal · grand · K
Large public gathering
- throngDense pressing crowd
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- massesBulk or populace
- swarmMass of moving insects
legion · host · flock · herd · mob · army · congregation · assembly
Overstating beyond reality
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- countlessToo numerous to count
- innumerableToo many to count
- umpteenIndefinitely large number
zillion · gazillion · bajillion · untold · endless · limitless · myriad · infinite
Symbol representing quantity
- numeralSymbol denoting quantity
- figureOutline or numeral
- digitSingle numeric character
- countReckon a total
sum · total · amount · integer · cardinal · score · hundred · million
Recurring memorial date
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
- millennialConcerning thousand-year cycles
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
landmark · achievement · benchmark · threshold · centenary · sesquicentennial
kilo
Thousand-unit prefix
crowd
Large public gathering
swarm · legion · host · flock · herd · mob · army · congregation · assembly · gathering
exaggeration
Overstating beyond reality
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- countlessToo numerous to count
- innumerableToo many to count
umpteen · zillion · gazillion · bajillion · untold · endless · limitless · myriad · infinite · incalculable
number
Symbol representing quantity
count · sum · total · amount · integer · cardinal · score · hundred · million · billion
anniversary
Recurring memorial date
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
- millennialConcerning thousand-year cycles
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
celebration · landmark · achievement · benchmark · threshold · centenary · sesquicentennial
plenty
Sufficient quantity, and then some
fortune · treasure · profusion · cornucopia · surplus · overflow · excess · affluence · prosperity · plethora
thousandnone
Not a single one
zero · few · a handful · one or two · next to nothing
- one thousandTen hundred
- ten thousand10,000
- two thousandNumber after 1999
- cast of thousandsEnormous group of performers
- five thousand5K in digits
- three thousandNumber after 2,999