a great deal

Questions about a great deal

What does a great deal mean?

a great deal means "to a very great degree or extent". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for a great deal?

Close synonyms include a lot, lots, a good deal, much, very much. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is a great deal a common word?

a great deal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.