Synonyms of bucket

bucket 1 of 2

noun

ˈbə-kət 

1

as in loads

a considerable amount

made buckets of money in the stock market

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in kettle

a round container that is open at the top and outfitted with a handle

carried water from the well in a bucket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kettle
• pail
• jug
• pitcher
• pot
• canteen
• tank
• cauldron
• tub
• jar
• vat
• receptacle
• holder
• flagon
• vessel
• bail
• hod

bucket

2 of 2

verb

1

as in to scoop

to lift out with something that holds liquid

bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scoop
• spoon
• empty
• drain
• dip
• pump
• ladle
• dish
• lade
• eliminate
• bail
• exhaust
• draw (off)
• deplete
• draw
• bleed
• siphon
• slop
• suction
• decant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fill
• pour

2

as in to shake

to make a series of small irregular or violent movements

getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shake
• jerk
• shudder
• vibrate
• quiver
• shiver
• tremble
• swing
• jolt
• jiggle
• agitate
• wobble
• quake
• sway
• twitch
• convulse
• jounce
• rock
• joggle
• wave
• judder
• flicker
• chatter
• thrill
• throb
• flutter
• pulse
• fluctuate
• oscillate
• quaver
• dodder
• pulsate
• undulate
• waver
• beat
• palpitate
• pit-a-pat
• pitter-patter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bucket

Noun

Mosquitoes need only one tablespoon of water to breed, so areas like rain gutters, birdbaths or buckets with stagnant water are all possible breeding sites. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Behind a finished installation are hours of sourcing, processing, designing, transporting and setting up the flowers, not to mention the creative expertise required to turn buckets of individual stems into a cohesive design. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026

Verb

However, the Warriors, aided by two timely Moses Moody buckets in the third, battled back to retake the lead, 91-88, by the end of the third. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2025

All sorts of ideas for Halloween pet attire are out there, including an online photo of a dog dressed as a mop sitting in one of those yellow janitor buckets with wheels. — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025

Phrases Containing bucket

• drop in the bucket
• kick the bucket