legion

1. 1.

   amounting to a large indefinite number

   “numerous times”

   “the family was numerous”

   “Palomar's fans are legion”

   Synonymsnumerous

   Similarmany

Other forms of legion

plural

legions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about legion

What does legion mean?

legion means "archaic terms for army". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in legion?

legion has 2 syllables: le-gion. The stress falls on "le". In IPA it is /ˈlidʒən/.

What is another word for legion?

Close synonyms include host, horde, host, numerous. 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 legion a common word?

legion is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with legion?

1 word rhymes with legion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.