many

adjective

1)

many animals were killed

Syn:

numerous, a great/good deal of, a lot of, plenty of, countless, innumerable, scores of, crowds of, droves of, an army of, a horde of, a multitude of, a multiplicity of, multitudinous, multiple, untold; several, various, sundry, diverse, assorted, multifarious; copious, abundant, profuse, an abundance of, a profusion of; informal lots of, umpteen, loads of, masses of, stacks of, scads of, heaps of, piles of, bags of, tons of, oodles of, dozens of, hundreds of, thousands of, millions of, billions of, zillions of, gazillions of, a slew of, a boatload of, more — — than one can shake a stick at; literary myriad, divers

Ant:

few

2)

sacrificing the individual for the sake of the many

Syn:

people, common people, masses, multitude, populace, public, rank and file; informal hoi polloi, common herd, mob, proletariat, riffraff, great unwashed, proles

Ant:

few