Synonyms of barrel

barrel 1 of 2

noun

ˈber-əl 

1

as in ton

a considerable amount

a visit to an amusement park should be a barrel of laughs

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in tin

a metal container in the shape of a cylinder

a trash barrel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tin
• drum
• bucket
• canister
• can
• pail
• tin can
• cannikin

3

as in pipe

an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages

barrels of fine wine aging in the winery's cellar

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pipe
• cask
• keg
• drum
• tub
• hogshead
• tun
• puncheon
• butt
• firkin
• vat
• kilderkin
• rundlet
• cistern
• scuttlebutt
• can

barrel

2 of 2

verb

as in to race

to proceed or move quickly

faced with a firm deadline, we barreled through the project at a furious pace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• race
• speed
• hurry
• zip
• travel
• rush
• fly
• trot
• scurry
• drive
• jump
• bolt
• dart
• chase
• run
• blow
• scoot
• buzz
• bowl
• ram
• scuttle
• shoot
• dash
• blast
• step
• motor
• zoom
• tear
• belt
• jet
• rocket
• breeze
• rip
• course
• crack (on)
• hump
• pelt
• hare
• career
• whirl
• jog
• bundle
• hurl
• hustle
• bomb
• whisk
• highball
• blaze
• hie
• beat it
• rustle
• cannonball
• hurtle
• hasten
• bustle
• make tracks
• gallop
• nip
• careen
• get a move on
• step on it
• shake a leg
• hotfoot (it)
• streak
• beetle
• sprint
• stampede
• flit
• scamper
• step out
• accelerate
• scuffle
• scud
• catch up
• arrow
• whiz
• outrun
• overtake
• quicken
• outpace
• outstrip
• fast-forward
• beeline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creep
• drag
• crawl
• poke
• lag
• hang (around or out)
• linger
• poke
• tarry
• lumber
• loiter
• stroll
• dawdle
• shuffle
• saunter
• amble
• slow (down or up)
• decelerate
• plod
• dillydally
• dally

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of barrel

Noun

Replacing roughly 10 percent of his barrel stock annually and keeping barrels in service for about eight years, his average barrel age is approximately five years. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 26 July 2026

The refinery can process up to 400,000 barrels of crude oil ​daily. — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 26 July 2026

Verb

The premiere of the ten-episode season kicks off with Hawkins, late for his tee time at a lesser golf tournament, barreling into the country-club parking lot in his tour bus, accompanied by his trusty caddie, Old Henry (Keith David). — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026

Severe storms with hail, heavy rain and winds up to 60 mph barreled through the Charlotte region Friday and left 21,000 Duke Energy customers without power. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2026