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mass - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | mass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | body of matter; considerable portion |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregate, assemblage, band, batch, block, bulk, bunch, chunk, clot, coagulation, collection, combination, concretion, conglomeration, core, corpus, crowd, entirety, gob, great deal, greater part, group, heap, horde, host, hunk, knot, lion's share, load, lot, lump, majority, mob, mound, mountain, much, number, object, peck, piece, pile, plurality, preponderance, pyramid, quantity, shock, stack, staple, stockpile, sum, sum total, throng, totality, troop, volume, wad, whole |
| Main Entry: | mass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bulk, measurement |
| Synonyms: | dimension, extent, greatness, magnitude, size, span, volume |
| Main Entry: | accumulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather or amass something |
| Synonyms: | accrue, acquire, add to, agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, assemble, cache, collect, collocate, compile, concentrate, expand, gain, gather, grow, heap, hoard, incorporate, increase, lump*, mass, pile*, procure, profit, rack up*, round up*, stockpile, store, swell, unite, bring together, clean up*, cumulate, draw together, heap together, load up, make a bundle, make a killing, pile up*, roll up*, scare up, stack up, store up |
| Antonyms: | disperse, dissipate, dwindle, lessen, lose, spend, squander, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accumulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gathering or amassing |
| Synonyms: | accession, accretion, addition, agglomeration, aggregation, augmentation, chunk, collection, conglomeration, enlargement, growth, heap, hunk, increase, inflation, mass, multiplication, pile, quantity, stack, stock, store, up, aggrandizement, amassment, build-up, collecting, gob, hoarding, intensification, trove, upping |
| Antonyms: | dispersion, dissipation, scattering, dispersal |
| Main Entry: | agglomeration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection |
| Synonyms: | cluster, heap, jumble, load, mass, pile |
| 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: | all |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | whole; totality |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, collection, ensemble, entirety, everyone, everything, gross, group, jackpot*, mass, quantity, sum, total, unit, utmost, works, across the board, integer, lock stock and barrel, sum total, wall to wall, whole ball of wax, whole enchilada, whole nine yards, whole schmear, whole shooting match, whole show |
| Antonyms: | none, zero, zilch, zip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buildup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development; accumulation |
| Synonyms: | accretion, advertising, enlargement, escalation, expansion, gain, growth, heap, hype, increase, load, mass, plug, promotion, publicity, puff*, stack, stockpile, store |
| Antonyms: | decrease, destruction, reduction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bunch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection of something |
| Synonyms: | agglomeration, assemblage, assortment, band, batch, bevy, blob, bouquet, bundle, 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, pile, quantity, shock, spray, stack, swarm, team, thicket, troop, tuft, caboodle, passel, sheaf, shebang, shooting match |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bunch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather in group |
| Synonyms: | assemble, bundle, cluster, collect, congregate, cram, crowd, flock, group, herd, huddle, mass, pack |
| Antonyms: | disperse, divide, scatter, separate, spread |
| Main Entry: | bundle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accumulation, package of something |
| Synonyms: | array, assortment, bag, bale, batch, box, bunch, carton, clump, cluster, collection, crate, group, heap, lot, mass, pack, package, packet, parcel, pile, quantity, roll, set, stack, wad, pallet |
| Main Entry: | cake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bar of something |
| Synonyms: | block, brick, loaf, lump, mass, slab |
| Main Entry: | collection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, agglomeration, anthology, assemblage, assembly, assortment, batch, clump, cluster, collation, combination, company, compilation, congregation, convocation, crowd, digest, gathering, heap, hoard, kit, levy, lot, mass, medley, mess, miscellany, muster, number, omnibus, pile, quantity, securing, selection, set, stack, stock, stockpile, store, accumulating, acquiring, amassing, amassment, assembling, bringing together, caboodle, congeries, cumulation, mobilization, obtaining |
| Main Entry: | congestion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blockage |
| Synonyms: | bottleneck*, excess, jam, mass, press, profusion, surfeit, surplus, traffic jam, clogging, crowdedness, crowding, overcrowding, overdevelopment, overpopulation, rubber-necking, snarl-up |
| Antonyms: | opening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conglomeration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accumulation, potpourri |
| Synonyms: | agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, assortment, collection, combination, composite, hoard, hodge-podge, mass, medley, miscellany, mishmash*, mixed bag*, amassment, combo, cumulation, everything but the kitchen sink, trove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | congregate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assemble, come together |
| Synonyms: | besiege, collect, concentrate, congress, convene, converge, convoke, corral, flock*, gather, mass, meet, muster, pack, raise, rally, rendezvous, round up, swarm, teem, throng, bunch up, forgather, gang around, gang up, hang out*, make the scene, meet up |
| Antonyms: | divide, scatter, separate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consolidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine; make firm |
| Synonyms: | add to, amalgamate, amass, band, bind, blend, build up, cement, centralize, compact, compound, concentrate, condense, connect, develop, fortify, fuse, harden, hitch, incorporate, join, league, mass, meld, mix, pool, reinforce, secure, set, solidify, stabilize, strengthen, thicken, unify, bunch up, concatenate, conjoin, densen, federate, hitch on, hook up with, plug into, render solid, slap on, tack on, tag on, team up with, throw in together, tie in, tie up with |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, disperse, divide, part, separate |
| 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: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cram, press into area |
| Synonyms: | bear, bunch, bundle, chock, cluster, congest, congregate, crush, deluge, elbow, flock, gather, huddle, jam, jam-pack, justle, mass, muster, overcrowd, pack, pack 'em in, pack like sardines, pile, push, ram, sardine, shove, squash, squeeze, squish*, stream, surge, swamp, swarm, throng, top off, troop |
| Antonyms: | abandon, leave, retreat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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