| Main Entry: | chunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass, slab of something |
Synonyms: |
block, clod, dollop, glob, gob, hunk, lump, nugget, part, piece, portion, wad |
| Main Entry: | accumulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gathering or amassing |
Synonyms: |
accession, accretion, addition, agglomeration, aggrandizement, aggregation, amassment, augmentation, build-up, chunk, collecting, collection, conglomeration, enlargement, gob, growth, heap, hoarding, hunk, increase, inflation, intensification, mass, multiplication, pile, quantity, stack, stock, store, trove, up, upping |
Antonyms: |
dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, scattering |
| Main Entry: | allotment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion assigned or given |
Synonyms: |
allocation, allowance, apportionment, appropriation, bite, chunk, cut, cut of pie, end, grant, lot, measure, part, piece, piece of the action, quota, rake off, ration, share, slice, split, stint* |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quantity |
Synonyms: |
aplenty, bags, bulk, bundle, chunk, expanse, extent, flock, gob, heap, hunk, jillion, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, mess*, mint, mucho, number, oodles*, pack, passel, peck, pile, scads, score, slat, slew, supply, ton, volume, whopper |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece |
Synonyms: |
atom, butt, chicken feed, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, driblet, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragment, grain, iota, item, jot, lick*, lump, mite, modicum, moiety, molecule, morsel, niggle, parcel, part, particle, peanuts, pinch, portion, sample, scale, scintilla, scrap, section, segment, shard, share, shaving, shred, slice, sliver, smidgen, snatch, snip, snippet, specimen, speck, splinter, sprinkling, stub, stump, taste, tittle, trace, trickle |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | block |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass of material |
Synonyms: |
bar, brick, cake, chunk, cube, hunk, ingot, loaf, lump, oblong, piece, section, segment, slab, slice, solid, square |
| Main Entry: | block |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction |
Synonyms: |
bar, barrier, blank wall, blockage, chunk, clog, hindrance, impediment, jam, mass, obstacle, obstruction, roadblock, snag, stop, stoppage, wall |
Antonyms: |
opening |
| Main Entry: | bunch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection of something |
Synonyms: |
agglomeration, assemblage, assortment, band, batch, bevy, blob, bouquet, bundle, caboodle, chunk, clump, cluster, covey, crew, crowd, fascicle, flock, galaxy, gang, gathering, group, heap, host, hunk, knot, lot, mass, mess, mob, multitude, number, oodles*, pack, parcel, party, passel, pile, quantity, sheaf, shebang, shock, shooting match, spray, stack, swarm, team, thicket, troop, tuft |
Antonyms: |
individual, one |
| Main Entry: | clump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass of something |
Synonyms: |
array, batch, blob, body, bunch, bundle, chunk, cluster, clutter, gob, group, hodgepodge, hunk, jumble, knot, lot, lump, nugget, parcel, set, shock, wad |
| Main Entry: | cluster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of something |
Synonyms: |
array, assemblage, band, batch, bevy, blob, body, bunch, bundle, chunk, clump, clutch, collection, covey, crew, gathering, hunk, knot, lot, pack, party, set |
Antonyms: |
individual, one |