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

Rhymes with PASSEL

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