Synonyms of bunches

bunches 1 of 2

noun

plural of bunch

1

as in packs

a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially

that bunch goes out to lunch together every Friday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• packs
• crowds
• networks
• communities
• circles
• cliques
• lots
• gangs
• folds
• organizations
• clans
• bodies
• covens
• clubs
• rings
• coteries
• sets
• tribes
• communes
• guilds
• societies
• galères
• factions
• klatsches
• squads
• leagues
• klatches
• fraternities
• elites
• colleges
• brotherhoods
• camps
• in-groups
• coalitions
• sides
• sects
• fellowships
• gilds
• blocs
• sororities
• closed shops
• federations
• unions
• charmed circles
• alliances
• messes
• orders
• sisterhoods
• confederations
• congresses
• sodalities
• councils

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individualists
• loners

2

as in clusters

a number of things considered as a unit

bought a bunch of grapes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clusters
• batches
• lots
• arrays
• collections
• groups
• groupings
• clumps
• assemblages
• packages
• assortments
• constellations
• sets
• varieties
• batteries
• series
• blocks
• banks
• bands
• mixtures
• parcels
• suites
• clots
• clutches
• knots
• accumulations
• musters
• aggregates
• huddles
• the whole kit and caboodle
• aggregations
• passels
• jumbles
• conglomerations
• sundries
• runs
• suits
• agglomerations
• hodgepodges
• cycles
• miscellanies
• odds and ends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• units
• items
• entities
• singles

3

as in groups

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

a small bunch of people were sent to clean up the place

Synonyms & Similar Words

• groups
• groupings
• batches
• clusters
• lots
• bands
• crops
• teams
• arrays
• batteries
• platoons
• parties
• crews
• parcels
• collectives
• bodies
• circles
• boodles
• clutches
• squadrons
• knots
• organizations
• constellations
• consorts
• battalions
• gatherings
• schools
• huddles
• the whole kit and caboodle
• brigades
• rounds
• gangs
• posses
• passels
• congregations
• cliques
• factions
• assemblies
• sects
• coteries
• outfits
• fellowships
• guilds
• rings
• clans
• sets
• musters
• task forces
• federations
• coalitions
• phalanges
• blocs
• unions
• phalanxes
• confederacies
• alliances
• gilds
• leagues
• orders
• confederations
• broods
• bevies
• coveys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individuals
• singles

4

as in sections

a part that sticks out from the general mass of something

a bunch in the blanket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sections
• projections
• pieces
• domes
• protuberances
• bulges
• protrusions
• swells
• portions
• blocks
• mounds
• overhangs
• knots
• convexities
• expansions
• puffs
• juts
• knobs
• lumps
• snags
• blobs
• swellings
• hills
• bumps
• humps
• dilatations
• increases
• nubs
• enlargements
• obtrusions
• gibbosities
• knurls
• escalations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cavities
• holes
• pits
• wells
• hollows
• dents
• indentations
• depressions
• valleys
• bowls
• recesses
• craters
• indentures
• basins
• pockets
• dips
• indents
• dints
• concavities
• concaves
• furrows
• grooves
• trenches
• impressions
• troughs
• notches
• dimples
• gouges

5

as in loads

a considerable amount

I have a bunch of thoughts on the matter, so grab a notepad

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• tons
• piles
• hundreds
• lots
• dozen
• bundles
• chunks
• dozens
• quantities
• slews
• deals
• stacks
• rafts
• masses
• wealths
• plenties
• myriads
• heaps
• hundred
• scads
• gobs
• bushels
• buckets
• truckloads
• yards
• oodles
• boatloads
• abundances
• fistfuls
• carloads
• basketfuls
• wads
• shiploads
• reams
• volumes
• packs
• all kinds (of)
• sheaves
• barrels
• mountains
• pots
• stores
• quite a bit
• pecks
• platefuls
• multiplicities
• much
• profusions
• sights
• thousands
• lashings
• messes
• good deals
• basketsful
• potfuls
• spates
• plenitudes
• lashins
• millions
• multitudes
• plentitudes
• scores
• passels
• floods
• surpluses
• million
• rashes
• swarms
• plagues
• zillions
• seas
• hosts
• flocks
• excesses
• hordes
• epidemics
• trillions
• bonanzas
• crowds
• embarrassments
• armies
• overmuch
• throngs
• herds
• legions
• superfluities
• redundancies
• plethoras
• gazillions
• overages
• mobs
• overabundances
• deluges
• droves
• surfeits
• presses
• overflows
• crushes
• bevies
• jillions
• oversupplies
• superabundances
• kazillions
• overkills
• crams

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• handfuls
• bits
• ounces
• particles
• spots
• fragments
• molecules
• streaks
• shades
• strains
• atoms
• grains
• shadows
• hints
• rays
• peanuts
• specks
• tastes
• dots
• touches
• mouthfuls
• mites
• scraps
• suspicions
• dabs
• nips
• little
• granules
• traces
• pinches
• licks
• shreds
• drams
• scruples
• aces
• sprinklings
• flecks
• sprinkles
• glimmers
• driblets
• motes
• crumbs
• handsful
• sections
• pieces
• nubbins
• shots
• drops
• pittances
• dashes
• portions
• smidgens
• smidges
• smidgeons
• morsels
• iotas
• tittles
• smidgins
• jots
• whits
• flyspecks
• smatterings
• shortages
• absences
• scintillas
• modicums
• lacks
• wants
• deficiencies
• smatters
• deficits
• famines
• scarcities
• inadequacies
• insufficiencies
• dearths
• paucities
• undersupplies
• poverties

bunches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bunch

1

as in protrudes

to extend outward beyond a usual point

the dress bunches a bit at the waist

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protrudes
• pokes
• bulges
• projects
• stands out
• bags
• pouches
• balloons
• swells
• juts
• sticks out
• beetles
• billows
• pooches
• bellies
• pouts
• overhangs
• starts
• domes
• mushrooms
• stretches
• extends
• snowballs
• lengthens
• dilates
• inflates
• distends
• elongates
• expands
• blows up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contracts
• shrinks
• compresses
• condenses
• constricts

2

as in piles

to gather into a closely packed group

the slow service caused the customers at the pick-up counter to bunch up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• piles
• huddles
• crowds
• clusters
• herds
• swarms
• flocks
• presses
• assembles
• converges
• hugs
• conglomerates
• surrounds
• collects
• concentrates
• congregates
• throngs
• foregathers
• convenes
• mobs
• encircles
• concenters
• forgathers
• embraces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disperses
• splits (up)
• breaks up
• disbands