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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formulate, think up |
| Synonyms: | ad lib, batch, brew*, compound, contrive, cook up, create, design, devise, discover, dream up, envisage, envision, fabricate, frame*, hatch, invent, make up, mature, originate, plan, plot, prefab, prepare, project, scheme, slap together, throw together, vamp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contingent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of followers |
| Synonyms: | batch, body, bunch, deputation, detachment, disciples, mission, quota, sect, section, set |
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accumulation |
| Synonyms: | alluvion, bank, batch, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, deposit, heap, hill, lot, mass, mound, mountain, parcel, pile, set, shock, stack |
| Main Entry: | glob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thick lump |
| Synonyms: | batch, blob, chunk, clump, gob, hunk, mass, wad |
| Main Entry: | group |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | number of individuals collectively |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, assembly, association, assortment, band, batch, battery, bevy, body, bunch, bundle, cartel, category, chain, circle, class, clique, clot, club, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, combination, combine, company, conglomerate, congregation, coterie, covey, crew, crowd, faction, formation, gang, gathering, grade, league, lot, mess, organization, pack, parcel, party, passel, platoon, pool, posse, set, shooting match, society, sort, suite, syndicate, troop, trust |
| Main Entry: | heap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pile, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | a lot, abundance, agglomeration, aggregation, amassment, assemblage, bank, batch, bulk, bunch, bundle, cargo, clump, cluster, collection, concentration, congeries, deposit, fullness, gathering, gobs, great deal, harvest, haul, hill, hoard, jumble, load, lot, lots, lump, mass, million, mint, mound, mountain, much, ocean, oodles*, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, scad, stack, stock, stockpile, store, sum, thousand, ton, total, trillion, volume, whole |
| Antonyms: | bit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chunk of solid material |
| Synonyms: | a lot, batch, bit, block, bulk, bunch, clod, glob, gob, large piece, loads, loaf, lump, mass, morsel, nugget, piece, pile, portion, quantity, slab, slice, wad, wedge |
| Main Entry: | lot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quantity, often large |
| Synonyms: | abundance, aggregate, aggregation, amplitude, assortment, barrel, batch, body, bunch, bundle, circle, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, conglomerate, conglomeration, consignment, crowd, great deal, group, heap, load, mass, mess*, much, multiplicity, number, ocean, oodles, order, pack, pile, plenitude, plenty, push, reams, requisition, scores, set, stack, stacks |
| Antonyms: | little |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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