What is another word for hundredfold?

Pronunciation: [hˈʌndɹɪdfˌə͡ʊld] (IPA)

Hundredfold represents something that is multiplied by 100 times. However, there are several synonyms that can be used in its place. Some possible synonyms include centenerary, which refers to something occurring every hundred years, and centesimal, which relates to one hundredth of something. Other words that can be used as similar substitutes for hundredfold include countless, infinite, and innumerable. While these words do not specifically refer to a multiplication of 100, they do represent an extreme amount or quantity. Other possible synonyms for hundredfold might include myriad, numerous, and untold, all of which represent a vast amount or quantity with a sense of abundance and magnitude.

Usage examples for Hundredfold

This time the tension increases an hundredfold; every nerve is strained; every muscle ready.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
Can you recall no like imperfect memory of your own that, multiplied a hundredfold, would supply an analogy, a standpoint to look into Fenwick's disordered mind from?
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
Exactly what proportion of the total product of industry is thus taken and reinvested no one can say; but this we know, our cities are growing at an enormous rate, our manufacturing power is increasing by leaps and bounds, we are perfecting processes which enable one man to do the work of a hundred men, which increase the product of one man's labor a hundredfold.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair

Famous quotes with Hundredfold

  • I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.
    Paddy Ashdown
  • Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its hundredfold.
    Theodore Parker
  • What ideas individuals may attach to the term "Millennium" I know not; but I know that society may be formed so as to exist without crime, without poverty, with health greatly improved, with little, if any misery, and with intelligence and happiness increased a hundredfold; and no obstacle whatsoever intervenes at this moment except ignorance to prevent such a state of society from becoming universal.
    Robert Owen

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