bundle

¹bun·dle

noun \ˈbən-d^əl\

Definition of BUNDLE

1

a : a group of things fastened together for convenient handling b : package, parcel c : a considerable number : lot d : a sizable sum of money e : a person embodying a specified quality or characteristic f : bunch 2

2

a : a small band of mostly parallel fibers (as of nerve or muscle) b : vascular bundle

3

: a package offering related products or services at a single price

Examples of BUNDLE

1. Whoever picks the winning ticket will win a bundle of prizes.
2. He made a bundle on the stock market.
3. A reliable car doesn't have to cost a bundle.
4. They made bundles of money.

Origin of BUNDLE

Middle English bundel, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old English byndel bundle, bindan to bind

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to BUNDLE

Synonyms: abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket, bunch, lot, bushel, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, lashings (also lashins) [chiefly British], loads, mass, mess, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, pack, passel, peck, pile, plateful, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, pot, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, sheaf, shipload, sight, slew, spate, stack, store, ton, truckload, volume, wad, wealth, yard

Antonyms: ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, nip, ounce, peanuts, pinch, pittance, scruple, shade, shadow, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), speck, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, taste, touch, trace

Related Words: epidemic, plague, rash; bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, plethora, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus; deluge, flood, overflow; army, bevy, cram, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, press, score, sea, swarm, throng; gazillion, jillion, kazillion, million, thousands, trillion, zillion

Near Antonyms: atom, crumb, dot, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, grain, granule, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, mote, nubbin, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, shred, tittle, whit; smatter, smattering; dash, drop, morsel, shot; piece, portion, section; absence, dearth, famine, lack, paucity, poverty, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want; deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, meagerness, scantiness, scantness, skimpiness

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Rhymes with BUNDLE

rundle, trundle