Synonyms of barrels

barrels 1 of 2

noun

plural of barrel

1

as in loads

a considerable amount

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in tins

a metal container in the shape of a cylinder

a trash barrel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tins
• drums
• buckets
• cans
• canisters
• pails
• tin cans
• cannikins

3

as in pipes

an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages

barrels of fine wine aging in the winery's cellar

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pipes
• casks
• kegs
• hogsheads
• drums
• tubs
• puncheons
• tuns
• firkins
• butts
• cans
• vats
• kilderkins
• rundlets
• cisterns
• scuttlebutt

barrels

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of barrel

as in races

to proceed or move quickly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• races
• speeds
• zips
• rushes
• flies
• drives
• travels
• hurries
• scurries
• trots
• jumps
• chases
• scoots
• bowls
• darts
• runs
• bolts
• buzzes
• blows
• dashes
• rams
• tears
• motors
• shoots
• steps
• blasts
• rockets
• belts
• scuttles
• jets
• pelts
• zooms
• bombs
• bundles
• rips
• courses
• blazes
• cannonballs
• hares
• whirls
• jogs
• cracks (on)
• hies
• humps
• careers
• hurls
• breezes
• highballs
• whisks
• nips
• hurtles
• rustles
• hustles
• bustles
• beats it
• careens
• hastens
• makes tracks
• gallops
• steps on it
• hotfoots (it)
• beetles
• sprints
• shakes a leg
• scuds
• gets a move on
• streaks
• stampedes
• flits
• scampers
• arrows
• whizzes
• accelerates
• steps out
• scuffles
• outruns
• overtakes
• outstrips
• outpaces
• quickens
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• pokes
• creeps
• lags
• drags
• lingers
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• loiters
• tarries
• strolls
• dallies
• saunters
• dawdles
• shuffles
• lumbers
• ambles
• plods
• dillydallies
• slows (down or up)
• decelerates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of barrels

Noun

The streets are lined with fresh fish laid out on beds of ice and barrels filled with fragrant spices sold at a quarter of the price found in the Grand Bazaar. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026

With fracking — which is already outlawed on offshore platforms in California waters, and is widely viewed as an environmentally degrading and often risky process — Gilda’s production would jump to about 4,000 barrels a day. — Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2026

Brazil ranked second at about 540,000 barrels per day, up nearly 10%. — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

The most famous examples come with Coy Hill on the label, referring to particular warehouses at the distillery in Lynchburg that often yield super high-ABV barrels with very little whiskey left in them after close to a decade of maturation. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2026

As a result, shipping and satellite data show no tankers have loaded at Kharg Island, which handles nine out of every 10 barrels of Iranian oil exports, for at least a week. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

Before the war, Saudi Arabia produced roughly 10 million barrels per day. — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

The cartel approved a production quota increase of around 188,000 barrels per day from September. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

Verb

Each episode barrels forward with the logic of a live-action cartoon, hijacking the visual language of everything from My Dinner With Andre to Dog Day Afternoon, while cramming in references to pop culture, video games, and Canadian esoterica. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026

Continue reading … POLITICS TICK TOCK — Congress barrels toward deadline pile-up as GOP divisions threaten Trump agenda. — FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026

The biggest question mark is connecting the dots from Guernsey, Wyoming to the Cushing, Oklahoma oil hub that ships barrels down to the Gulf Coast refining complexes and export terminals in Texas and Louisiana. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 13 May 2026

Read on to discover the best time to spot the fast-moving shooting stars as Earth barrels through the debris trail shed by Halley's Comet. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 4 May 2026

Working from his own screenplay, Cronin barrels over the gaping plot holes — a doctor might have some thoughts here — and gets to the good stuff with the family at home in squirm-inducing close quarters, a live-in demon resting in her bedroom. — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026

But Lumet and screenwriter Frank Pierson ease up on the laughs as Sonny’s predicament grows more helpless, allowing the audience to feel his desperation as the drama barrels toward a tragic finale. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026

Infielder Chris Hacopian barrels a ball, but Jaquae Stewart nabs it right before the warning track. — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026

The military success of the opening act of the current Iran war, which began with the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has bolstered the confidence of Netanyahu’s supporters as Israel barrels toward an election later this year. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026