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bulk - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | bulk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | size, largeness |
| Synonyms: | aggregate, amount, dimensions, extent, immensity, magnitude, mass, quantity, quantum, substance, total, totality, volume, weight, amplitude, bigness, massiveness |
| Main Entry: | bulk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | main part, most |
| Synonyms: | best part, better part, biggest share, body, generality, greater number, greater part, gross, lion's share, major part, majority, mass, nearly all, plurality, predominant part, preponderance, principal part |
| Main Entry: | aggregate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, agglomerate, agglomeration, all, amount, assemblage, body, bulk, combination, conglomerate, conglomeration, gross, heap, lump, mass, mixture, pile, quantity, sum, total, totality, whole, the works, whole ball of wax, whole enchilada, whole schmear, whole shooting match |
| Antonyms: | individual, one, part |
| Main Entry: | budget |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial plan |
| Synonyms: | account, aggregate, allocation, allowance, bulk, cost, finances, funds, means, quantity, quantum, resources, statement, total, estimated expenses, fiscal estimate, planned disbursement, spending plan |
| Main Entry: | clot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blockage, mass of coagulation |
| Synonyms: | array, batch, battery, body, bulk, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, consolidation, glob, group, lump, occlusion, precipitate, set, thickness, clotting, coagulum, coalescence, conglutination, curd, curdling, embolism, embolus, gob, grume, thrombus |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | core |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center, gist |
| Synonyms: | amount, base, basis, body, bottom line, bulk, burden, consequence, corpus, crux, essence, focus, foundation, heart, import, importance, kernel, mass, meat*, meat and potatoes*, middle, midst, nub, nucleus, origin, pith, pivot, purport, quick, root, significance, staple, substance, thrust, upshot, main idea, midpoint, nitty gritty |
| Antonyms: | covering, exterior, outside, perimeter, surface, exteriority |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | corpus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | body of text |
| Synonyms: | bulk, collection, compilation, core, entirety, mass, oeuvre, staple, substance, whole, complete works, extant works, opera omnia |
| Main Entry: | dimensions/dimension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proportions; range |
| Synonyms: | ambit, bulk, capacity, compass, depth, extension, extent, greatness, height, importance, largeness, length, magnitude, measure, measurement, reach, scale, scope, size, volume, width, admeasurement, amplitude, bigness, dimensionality, extensity |
| Main Entry: | enlarge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or grow bigger; increase |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef up*, blow up*, boost, broaden, build, bulk, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, elongate, embroider, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, grow, heighten, inflate, lengthen, magnify, mount, multiply, pad*, pyramid*, rise, spread, stretch, swell, upsurge, wax, widen, give details, grow larger, jack up, jazz up, make larger, slap on, snowball |
| Antonyms: | abridge, compress, condense, curtail, decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, reduce, shrink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range, magnitude |
| Synonyms: | ambit, amount, area, breadth, bulk, capaciousness, compass, degree, dimensions, duration, expanse, expansion, extension, intensity, leeway, length, limit, mass, matter, measure, neighborhood, orbit, order, play, proliferation, proportions, quantity, radius, reach, scope, size, space, span, sphere, stretch, sweep, term, territory, time, tract, tune, vicinity, volume, width, admeasurement, amplitude, bounds, elbowroom*, period of time, purview, spaciousness, wideness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overweight, adipose tissue |
| Synonyms: | blubber, bulk, corpulence, excess, fatness, flesh, grease, lard, obesity, overabundance, overflow, paunch, plethora, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, tallow, cellulite, flab, suet |
| Main Entry: | freight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goods being shipped |
| Synonyms: | ballast, bulk, burden, carriage, consignment, contents, conveyance, encumbrance, haul, lading, load, merchandise, pack, payload, shipment, shipping, transportation, wares, weight, bales, fardel, packages, tonnage |
| Main Entry: | giant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extremely large person |
| Synonyms: | behemoth, bulk, cetacean, colossus, elephant*, hulk, jumbo*, mammoth, monster*, mountain*, ogre, whale*, whopper*, Hercules, cyclops, goliath, leviathan, polypheme, titan |
| Antonyms: | dwarf, midget, runt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pile, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | abundance, agglomeration, aggregation, assemblage, bank, batch, bulk, bunch, bundle, cargo, clump, cluster, collection, concentration, deposit, fullness, gathering, harvest, haul, hill, hoard, jumble, load, lot, lots, lump, mass, mint, mound, mountain, much, ocean, oodles*, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, stack, stock, stockpile, store, sum, thousand, total, volume, whole, a lot, amassment, congeries, gobs, great deal, million, scad, ton, trillion |
| Antonyms: | bit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hulk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large piece, lump; remains |
| Synonyms: | blob, body, bulk, chunk, clod, clump, frame, hull, hunk, mass, ruins, shambles, shell, skeleton, wreck, shipwreck |
| Antonyms: | bit |
| Main Entry: | hunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chunk of solid material |
| Synonyms: | batch, bit, block, bulk, bunch, clod, glob, loaf, lump, mass, morsel, nugget, piece, pile, portion, quantity, slab, slice, wad, wedge, a lot, gob, large piece, loads |
| Main Entry: | knob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump, handle |
| Synonyms: | bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, hump, knot, latch, lever, nub, projection, protrusion, protuberance, snag, stud, swell, swelling, trigger, tumor, doorknob, knurl, opener |
| Main Entry: | loom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appear, often imposingly |
| Synonyms: | approach, await, brew, bulk, come on, dawn, dominate, emanate, emerge, figure, gather, hover, impress, issue, lower, make up, menace, mount, near, overhang, overshadow, portend, rear, rise, show, soar, stand out, threaten, top, tower, be at hand, be coming, be forthcoming, be imminent, be in the cards, be in the wind, be near, become visible, break through, come forth, come into view, come on the scene, hang over, impend, overtop, seem huge, seem large, take shape |
| Main Entry: | lump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clump, mass |
| Synonyms: | agglomeration, ball, bit, block, bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, cake, chip, chunk, cluster, crumb, dab, group, growth, handful, hunk, knot, lot, morsel, mountain, much, nugget, part, peck, piece, pile, portion, protrusion, protuberance, scrap, section, solid, spot, swelling, tumor, wad, wedge, gob, knurl, tumescence |
| Main Entry: | obesity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | corpulence |
| Synonyms: | bulk, fatness, overweight, chubbiness, chunkiness, paunchiness, plumpness, portliness, rotundness, stoutness |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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