Synonyms of bucket

bucket 1 of 2

noun

1

as in loads

a considerable amount

made buckets of money in the stock market

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• ton
• chunk
• dozen
• pile
• plenty
• deal
• raft
• slew
• bunch
• quantity
• wealth
• stack
• lot
• bundle
• abundance
• heap
• pot
• yard
• hundred
• barrel
• bushel
• truckload
• basketful
• mountain
• fistful
• pack
• all kinds (of)
• volume
• quite a bit
• good deal
• store
• gobs
• carload
• peck
• boatload
• sheaf
• potful
• wad
• mass
• mess
• myriad
• shipload
• lashings
• plenitude
• multiplicity
• reams
• plateful
• sight
• spate
• much
• profusion
• passel
• flood
• surplus
• thousands
• lashins
• oodles
• score
• scads
• excess
• sea
• plentitude
• plague
• overflow
• rash
• epidemic
• crowd
• embarrassment
• deluge
• bonanza
• swarm
• overabundance
• host
• million
• multitude
• plethora
• overage
• oversupply
• overkill
• army
• flock
• horde
• surfeit
• crush
• superabundance
• redundancy
• superfluity
• herd
• throng
• drove
• bevy
• press
• mob
• cram
• legion
• zillion
• overmuch
• trillion
• gazillion
• jillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spot
• handful
• bit
• peanuts
• grain
• touch
• shade
• ounce
• strain
• pinch
• taste
• sprinkling
• mouthful
• particle
• fragment
• sprinkle
• streak
• shadow
• molecule
• atom
• mite
• hint
• lick
• pittance
• speck
• ray
• dram
• dab
• dot
• trace
• scrap
• granule
• suspicion
• ace
• drop
• glimmer
• tad
• crumb
• nip
• mote
• whit
• modicum
• shred
• scruple
• section
• dash
• jot
• portion
• tittle
• piece
• little
• shot
• scintilla
• iota
• smattering
• smidgen
• smidge
• driblet
• smidgeon
• smidgin
• morsel
• fleck
• nubbin
• shortage
• absence
• lack
• flyspeck
• poverty
• scarcity
• deficit
• famine
• deficiency
• smatter
• paucity
• want
• dearth
• inadequacy
• insufficiency
• scarceness
• undersupply
• meagerness
• scantiness
• scantness
• skimpiness

2

as in kettle

a round container that is open at the top and outfitted with a handle

carried water from the well in a bucket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kettle
• pail
• jug
• pitcher
• pot
• canteen
• tank
• cauldron
• tub
• jar
• vat
• receptacle
• holder
• flagon
• vessel
• bail
• hod

bucket

2 of 2

verb

1

as in to scoop

to lift out with something that holds liquid

bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scoop
• spoon
• empty
• drain
• dip
• ladle
• pump
• dish
• lade
• eliminate
• bail
• exhaust
• draw (off)
• deplete
• siphon
• draw
• slop
• bleed
• decant
• syphon
• suction

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fill
• pour

2

as in to shake

to make a series of small irregular or violent movements

getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shake
• jerk
• shudder
• vibrate
• quiver
• shiver
• tremble
• swing
• jolt
• jiggle
• wobble
• agitate
• sway
• quake
• twitch
• convulse
• rock
• jounce
• joggle
• wave
• wabble
• judder
• flicker
• chatter
• thrill
• throb
• flutter
• pulse
• fluctuate
• oscillate
• quaver
• dodder
• pulsate
• undulate
• waver
• beat
• palpitate
• pit-a-pat
• pitter-patter

Phrases Containing bucket

• drop in the bucket
• kick the bucket