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

Rhymes with BUNDLE

rundle, trundle

²bundle

verb

bun·dled bun·dling \ˈbən(d)-liŋ, ˈbən-d^əl-iŋ\

Definition of BUNDLE

transitive verb

1

: to make into a bundle

2

: to hustle or hurry unceremoniously <bundled the children off to school>

3

: to include (a product or service) with a related product for sale at a single price

intransitive verb

1

: hurry, hustle

2

: to practice bundling

— bun·dler \-lər, -d^əl-ər\ noun

Examples of BUNDLE

1. Someone had bundled the wet towels into a big pile.
2. She bundled the children into the car.
3. We all bundled into the car.
4. They've increased sales by bundling their most popular programs.
5. a computer that comes with bundled software

First Known Use of BUNDLE

1611

Related to BUNDLE

Synonyms

accelerate, hurry, fast-track, hasten, quicken, rush, speed (up), whisk

Antonyms

brake, decelerate, retard, slow (down)

Related Words

drive, goad, prod, propel, push, race, spur, stir, urge; aid, dispatch, ease, encourage, expedite, facilitate

Near Antonyms

delay, encumber, fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, hold back, hold up, impede, interfere (with), manacle, rein (in), restrain, shackle, tie up, trammel; arrest, check, stall, stay, still, stop

bun·dle

noun \ˈbən-d^əl\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of BUNDLE

: a small band of mostly parallel fibers (as of nerve or muscle) : fasciculus, tract