Definition of
Mickle
- (noun, quantity) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
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
- (noun, quantity) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
via WordNet, Princeton University
Synonyms of Mickle
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
Alternate forms of Mickle
Hyponyms: deluge, flood, haymow, inundation, torrent
Hypernyms: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
Origin of the word Mickle
- dial. survival of O.E. micel, mycel "great, big, many," from P.Gmc. *mekilaz (cf. O.S. mikil, O.N. mikill, O.H.G. mihhil, Goth. mikils), from PIE base *meg(h)- "great, large" (cf. Arm. mets "great;" Skt. mahat- "great, mazah- "greatness;" Avestan mazant- "great;" Hitt. mekkish "great, large;" Gk… more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Mickle
macaulay, mackle, macleaya, macula, macule, macushla, magical, magically, mainsail, majuscule, makalu, mamoncillo, manacle, mangily, mangle, maniacal, maniacally, mawkishly, maxilla, maxwell, mccauley, measly, mecholyl, meekly, megachile, megacycle, megillah, meningeal, meningocele, mensal, mescal, mesial, mess hall, messily, mew gull, mexicali, mezcal, micelle, michael, mingle, miniscule, minke whale, minuscule, misally, miscall, mislay, missal, missile, missoula, mizzle, mock azalia, moghul, mogul, mohs scale, mokulu, mongol, mongolia, monocle, monocycle, monomaniacal, monongahela, moon shell, moonshell, mosaic law, moselle, mosul, muckhill, muckle, mucosal, muesli, mugil, mukalla, muscle
via soundex() Hash Matches