Synonyms of boodle

boodle

noun

ˈbü-dᵊl 

1

as in grouping

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

a boodle of teenagers boarded the bus together

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grouping
• group
• batch
• bunch
• cluster
• band
• lot
• crop
• consort
• array
• crew
• clutch
• battery
• party
• parcel
• team
• passel
• body
• collective
• gathering
• platoon
• the whole kit and caboodle
• constellation
• huddle
• gang
• battalion
• squadron
• organization
• posse
• circle
• brigade
• knot
• round
• school
• assembly
• clique
• coterie
• ring
• clan
• set
• union
• congregation
• phalanx
• faction
• sect
• federation
• bloc
• fellowship
• muster
• task force
• coalition
• guild
• brood
• confederacy
• league
• alliance
• bevy
• outfit
• covey
• order
• confederation

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individual
• single

2

as in fortune

a very large amount of money

we saved a boodle by buying a house that's off the beaten path

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fortune
• bundle
• pile
• mint
• wad
• bomb
• megabucks
• big bucks
• packet
• earth
• cash
• heap
• king's ransom
• pot
• bonanza
• chips
• riches
• assets
• mine
• means
• property
• capital
• wealth
• gold
• currency
• treasure trove
• dough
• lucre
• pelf
• wherewithal
• tender
• wampum
• legal tender
• bread
• jack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peanuts
• mite
• pittance
• song
• spending money
• pocket money
• petty cash
• pin money

3

as in bribe

something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision

an IRS agent was caught accepting some boodle from people she was auditing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bribe
• sop
• incentive
• stimulus
• fix
• payoff
• backhander
• motivation
• stimulation
• inducement
• baksheesh
• kickback
• boost
• encouragement
• goad
• lure
• seduction
• instigation
• spur
• bait
• cumshaw
• temptation
• enticement
• slush fund
• provocation
• incitement
• flattery
• allurement
• turn-on
• decoy
• snare
• persuasion
• trap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of boodle

In Manila, Rosenthal feasts on pork sisig, shares a roadside meal with Jeepney drivers and encounters his first boodle fight on a tour of Filipino cuisine. — Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025

There are more critical elections and bigger prizes on which that boodle is better spent. — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023

Big Labor’s coffers, where the boodle has been put to use for preferred Democrat candidates and liberal referenda. — Jack Fowler, National Review, 12 July 2022

His boodle took him to a pole barn on the edges of town, where his brother Ray was having a wedding reception. — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 21 Aug. 2020

Some of the boodle is going to people who are barely farmers at all. — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2019