Translations

mostdeterminer
UK
/məʊst/
US
/moʊst/
(quantifier)
Synonyms
the majority of
the main part of
the bulk of
nearly all
the maximum number of
the greatest amount of
the largest volume of
Antonyms
the smallest number of
a minority of
a small number of
the least
the minimum amount of
mostpronoun
UK
/məʊst/
US
/moʊst/
Synonyms
nearly everyone
most people
the lion's share of
the mass of
the preponderance of
Antonyms
a fraction of
a tiny part of
none of
mostadverb
UK
/məʊst/
US
/moʊst/
(degree of adjectives / adverbs or verbs)
Synonyms
par excellence
to the greatest extent
more than anyone/anything else
manydeterminer

most

UK
/ˈmeni/
US
/ˈmɛni/
(quantifier — with plural countable nouns)
Synonyms
a lot of
lots of
plenty of
a great number of
a large number of
Antonyms
not many
hardly any
scarcely any
manypronoun

most

UK
/ˈmeni/
US
/ˈmɛni/
(quantifier — with plural countable nouns)
Synonyms
a great number
a lot
Antonyms
hardly any
not many

Definitions

mostdeterminer
Used before a noun to indicate the greatest amount or number (with 'the').
Who makes the most money here?
Used before a noun to refer to the majority of a group (without 'the').
Most cars are expensive.
mostpronoun
Used before the preposition 'of' followed by a pronoun or a specific noun phrase to mean the majority of that group or volume.
Most of them arrived late.
Used alone to refer to the majority or greatest part of a group of people or things already mentioned or understood.
Most have already left.
mostadverb
Used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs (before them).
It was the most beautiful place.
Used to mean 'to the greatest degree or extent' (after verbs).
What I fear the most is failure.
manydeterminer
Used before plural countable nouns to indicate a large number.
Many people came to the concert.
manypronoun
Used alone to refer to a large number of people or things already mentioned or understood.
Many of the students were absent.