n. 25B6; pronoun a lot of money 007C; lots of friends : A LARGE AMOUNT, a fair amount, a good/great deal, a great quantity, quantities, an abundance, a wealth, a profusion, plenty; many, a great many, a large number, a considerable number, numerous, scores; informal hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, loads, masses, heaps, a pile, piles, oodles, stacks, scads, reams, wads, pots, oceans, a mountain, mountains, miles, tons, zillions, more than one can shake a stick at; Brit. informal a shedload, lashings; N. Amer. informal gobs, a bunch, gazillions.
a little, not much, a few, not many.
25B6; adverb I work in pastels a lot : A GREAT DEAL, a good deal, to a great extent, much; often, frequently, regularly.
a little, not much.
25B6; noun
(informal) what do your lot think? : GROUP, set, crowd, circle, band, crew; informal bunch, gang, mob; Brit. informal shower.
the books were auctioned as a number of lots : ITEM, article; batch, set, collection, group, bundle, quantity, assortment, parcel.
his lot in life : FATE, destiny, fortune, doom; situation, circumstances, state, condition, position, plight, predicament.
(N. Amer.) some youngsters playing ball in a vacant lot : PATCH OF GROUND, piece of ground, plot, area, tract, parcel; N. Amer. plat.
25A0; draw/cast lots DECIDE RANDOMLY, spin/toss a coin, throw dice, draw straws.
25A0; throw in one's lot with JOIN FORCES WITH, join up with, form an alliance with, ally with, align oneself with, link up with, make common cause with.