passel

pas·sel

noun \ˈpa-səl\

Definition of PASSEL

: a large number or amount

Examples of PASSEL

1. <reporters had a whole passel of questions for the new basketball coach>
2. <the young couple had a passel of babies in the span of a few years>

Origin of PASSEL

alteration of parcel

First Known Use: 1835

Related to PASSEL

Synonyms: array, assemblage, band, bank, batch, battery, block, bunch, clot, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, group, set, suite

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: accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomeration; agglomeration, assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, mixture, odds and ends, sundries, variety; cycle, run, series, suit

Near Antonyms: entity, item, single, unit

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Rhymes with PASSEL

acyl, castle, facile, gracile, hassle, tassel, vassal, wrestle