thousand

/ˈθaʊ.zənd/

nounadjectivethou · sand

Think: “A THOU-sand is a THOU-sand”—it starts with THOU (like “thou” in old stories) and ends with SAND (like at the beach).

Yes, it's thousand. Don’t add an extra “u” or “o”: it’s THOU + SAND → thousand.

Definitions

  1. nounThe number 1,000.
  2. nounA very large amount; a great many.
  3. adjectiveUsed to describe something that has 1,000 units (often in compound numbers), such as “three thousand.”

Examples

  • “A thousand people filled the stadium for the concert.”
  • “The charity raised three thousand dollars in one weekend.”
  • “I’ve told you a thousand times to put your backpack away.”

Synonyms

one thousanda granda thousandfoldmultitudemyriad

Antonyms

zeroone

Translations

ES milPT milFR mille

Common misspellings

thousendthousanthousndthousoundthousondthousundthousanddthousannd

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