quantity

noun

1 the quantity of food collected | the quantity of animals killed was quite dramatic:

amount, number, total, aggregate, sum, quota, group, size, mass, weight, volume, bulk, load, consignment, expanse, extent, length, area;

quantum, proportion, portion, part;

dose, dosage.

2 police divers recovered a quantity of ammunition | quantities of empty drinks cans have been found in the building:

an amount, a number, a good number/few, a lot, a large amount, (a) good/great deal;

quite a number, scores, many, considerable amounts, plenty;

several, numerous, countless, innumerable, ample, copious, abundant, plentiful, considerable, substantial;

informal a pile, piles, oodles, tons, lots, loads, heaps, masses, stacks, scads, bags, more … than one can shake a stick at;

British, informal lashings, a shedload, shedloads;

North American, informal gobs;

vulgar slang a shitload.

quantity Oxford Dictionary of English