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 pipeline has historically been capable of carrying several million barrels of crude per day. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026

Improved logistics for Saudi crude exports have reduced the market's assessment of how much supply is at risk, Massabni said, adding that oil prices reflect not just available barrels but also the probability of those supplies being disrupted. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026

The Dangote Refinery has often insisted that its fully operational 700,000 barrels-a-day plant can fulfill this demand. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026

In March, dozens of countries agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil to try to slow rising prices. — Jason Abbruzzese, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026

The seven-day running average that's always reported — that's the most important number — is today at about 11 million barrels a day between crude and refined products. — Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

The latest projection from the Energy Information Administration expects national distillate inventories to fall below 100 million barrels in September and stay at that level through much of 2027. — Jamie Webster, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026

His cutter/sweeper mix has kept the ball off opposing hitters’ barrels all season. — Tim Britton, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Normally, the wood used to make bourbon barrels is seasoned outdoors for a year to dry it out, reduce tannins, and enhance the flavor of the whiskey once it’s filled with the new-make spirit. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2026

Verb

Negotiations over those details are likely to conclude easier if the different groups can reach agreement over insurance subrogation, as the session barrels into its final weekend. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026

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