passel

[pas-uhl] / ˈpæs əl /

NOUN

heap

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ream scad

STRONG

abundance agglomeration aggregation assemblage bank batch bulk bunch bundle cargo clump cluster collection concentration congeries deposit fullness gathering gobs harvest haul hill hoard jillion jumble load lot lots lump mass million mint mound mountain much multiplicity ocean oodles plenty pot profusion quantity stack stock stockpile store sum thousand ton total trillion volume whole

WEAK

a lot amassment great deal

Antonyms

STRONG

debt ditch individual lack little need one part valley want

Example Sentences

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Bianco, fellow Republican Steve Hilton and a passel of Democratic hopefuls are bunched together in a contest that remains utterly wide open just weeks before voters start receiving their ballots in the mail.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

Then he secretly purchases a passel of tortoises; constructs a long-handled grabber; leans down from his balcony; extracts Alfie; and, each week, substitutes a slightly heavier impostor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Affordable, capable, and practical, the subcompact 2026 Subaru Crosstrek is also a passel of fun.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 26, 2025

First, the attorney general could not unilaterally throw the entire mass of non-grand jury Epstein evidence into the public domain, at least not without violating a passel of statutes and DOJ internal rules and norms.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

So Mr. Isaac and Auntie Evelyn lived on Rose Hill with a passel of boys, the worst of which were the twins.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

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