bulk

bulk

noun

Definition of BULK

1

the largest part or quantity of something <agriculture makes up the bulk of the country's economy>

Synonyms bulk, generality, lion's share, mass, preponderance

Related Words plurality; maximum, most; abundance, heap, loads, lot, much, oodles, plenty, profusion, reams, scads, wealth

Near Antonyms couple, few, handful, smattering, sprinkling; least, minimum

Antonyms minority

2

the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts <the cookie lost a few crumbs, but the bulk of it remained>

Synonyms brunt, bulk, chief, core, generality, heft [archaic], main, mass, staple, weight

Related Words majority; aggregate, amount, entirety, quantum, sum, sum total, total, totality, whole; bottom, essence, essentiality, marrow, meat, nature, pith, quintessence, root, soul, stuff, substance; center, heart, hub, kernel, middle, nucleus, nut, seat; affair, argument, burden, crux, focus, gist, nub, pitch, point, purport; matter, motif, subject, text, theme, topic

Near Antonyms accessory (also accessary), adjunct, appendage, extension, offshoot; component, constituent, element, ingredient; division, part, piece, section, segment; angle, aspect, facet, feature, quality, side

3

the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something <due to its bulk, we were unable to get the television set into the backseat of the car>

Synonyms bulk, dimension, extent, magnitude, measure, measurement, proportion

Related Words area; capaciousness, commodiousness, roominess, spaciousness; ampleness, amplitude, bigness, bulkiness, enormousness, grandness, greatness, grossness, heftiness, hugeness, immenseness, immensity, largeness, mass, massiveness, monstrousness, stupendousness, tremendousness, vastness, volume, voluminousness