plurality

A share larger than any other share, especially of votes, even if less than half.

• No candidate won a majority, but Lee won a plurality.
• The party received a plurality of votes.
• A plurality supported the first option.

How to use it: a plurality of something (She won a plurality of the votes.)

Similar words: relative majority

Common phrases: win a plurality, plurality of votes

The state of existing in large numbers.

• The city celebrates cultural plurality.
• The essay examines the plurality of possible worlds.
• A plurality of voices gives the debate its strength.

Similar words: multiplicity, numerousness

Common phrases: cultural plurality, plurality of voices

A large number of people or things considered together.

• The committee considered a plurality of proposals.
• We need a plurality of voices in this discussion.
• Her work brings together a plurality of traditions.

How to use it: a plurality of something (The report draws on a plurality of sources.)

Similar words: multitude, large number

Common phrases: plurality of ideas, plurality of sources

The state of consisting of more than one person or thing.

• The ending marks plurality.
• This language uses a separate word to express plurality.
• The distinction between singularity and plurality affects the verb.

Similar words: pluralness

Opposites: singularity

Common phrases: mark plurality, express plurality