English noun: good deal | |||
1. | good deal (quantity) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | ||
Samples | A batch of letters. A deal of trouble. A lot of money. He made a mint on the stock market. See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos. It must have cost plenty. A slew of journalists. A wad of money. | ||
Synonyms | batch, deal, flock, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | ||
Broader (hypernym) | large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | deluge, flood, haymow, inundation, torrent | ||