large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount

an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude

• barrels — the amount that many barrels might hold
• batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew — (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• battalion, large number, multitude, pack — a large indefinite number
• billyo, billyoh, billy-ho, all get out — an unimaginably large amount; British say"it rained like billyo" where Americans say"it rained like all get out"
• boatload, shipload, carload — the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
• infinitude — an infinite quantity
• maximum, upper limit — the largest possible quantity
• mile — a large distance
• millions, billions, trillions, zillions, jillions — a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
• much — a great amount or extent
• myriad — a large indefinite number
• ocean, sea — anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
• ream — a large quantity of written matter
• small fortune — a large sum of money
• tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings — a large number or amount

• indefinite quantity — an estimated quantity