so much

/ˈsəʊ ˈmʌtʃ/

determiner

A particular amount of (something), often a large or excessive amount.

“How could you eat so much ice-cream?”

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Meanings

determiner
  1. A particular amount of (something), often a large or excessive amount.

    How could you eat so much ice-cream?

    2 more examples

    There is only so much information you can remember.

    I've got so much work to do, but so little time.

    1. usuallyMaking a comparison with another situation; as much.

      There isn't so much sand on this beach as there used to be.

    2. An amount of (something) sufficient to bring about a given consequence.

      There is so much snow, I can't get out of the door.

  2. A demonstrated amount of (something).

    "Just so much flour," he replied, sprinkling a small pile on the table.

pronoun
  1. As determiner, above, but with the complement omitted and stated elsewhere or understood from context.

    How could you eat so much?

    2 more examples

    There used to be a lot of sand on this beach, but now there isn't so much.

    Look at all that snow! I've never seen so much!

  2. With the complement indicated with of.

    Stop spending so much of my money!

    1 more example

    We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall to the door of the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.

    1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 304
adverbso much (not comparable)
  1. not comparableTo a great degree or extent; very much.

    I love you so much.

  2. not comparableTo such a degree or extent.

    Will you please stop complaining so much!

    1 more example

    It wasn't so much that I don’t want to, but I just didn't have the time.

    1. not comparableusuallyMaking a comparison with another situation; as much.

      I used to like her a lot, but now I don't like her so much.

    2. not comparableTo a (usually large) extent sufficient to bring about a given consequence.

      Identical twins are so much alike, it is difficult to identify them.

  3. not comparableTo a demonstrated or implied degree or extent; this much, that much.

    Don't over-whisk the mixture – only whisk it so much.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
as muchway

Translations

Catalan tant
  • tantto a certain degree or extent
Esperanto tiamaniere
  • tiamaniereto a certain degree or extent
French tellement
  • tellementto a certain degree or extent
Greek τόσο
  • τόσο (tóso)to a certain degree or extent
Hindi इतना
  • इतना (itnā)to a certain degree or extent
Italian così tanto, a tal punto
  • così tantoto a certain degree or extent
  • a tal puntoto a certain degree or extent
Latin tantum, tantopere
  • tantumto a certain degree or extent
  • tantopereto a certain degree or extent
Polish tak
  • takto a certain degree or extent
Portuguese tão
  • tãoto a certain degree or extent
Romanian foarte mult, atât
  • foarte multto a certain degree or extent
  • atâtto a certain degree or extent
Russian насто́лько, вот сто́лько
  • насто́лько (nastólʹko)to a certain degree or extent
  • вот сто́лько (vot stólʹko)to a certain degree or extent
Spanish tanto
  • tantoto a certain degree or extent
Urdu اتنا
  • اتنا (itnā)to a certain degree or extent
Cite this entry
APA

so much. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/so%20much

MLA

“so much.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/so%20much. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “so much,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/so%20much.

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