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

Chinese imports of crude from Iran more than halved in June to about 654,000 barrels a day compared with the prior month, Bloomberg reported. — Justina Lee, CNBC, 6 July 2026

Iraq wants permission to produce a record 5 million barrels a day coming out of the war, with a long-term aim of getting production up to 7 million barrels a day, Bloomberg reported. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

In the last week alone the company has sent at least 18 supertankers into the Gulf, enough to carry 36 million barrels of crude out of the world’s most important energy producing region. — Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026

With gasoline production in Russia reduced by roughly 17% to 850,000 barrels a day, according to government statistics, rationing has been introduced in many regions, and motorists have had to wait in line for hours to refuel. — ABC News, 3 July 2026

By collecting and storing rainwater, these barrels not only reduce strain on local water supplies but also provide a free, eco-friendly way to water garden plants, clean garden tools, and refill birdbaths. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026

Verb

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

Parts of the state, including NYC, could end up with well over a foot of snow as the storm barrels down Sunday morning into Monday afternoon. — Mark Prussin, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026