Synonyms of buckets

buckets 1 of 2

noun

plural of bucket

1

as in loads

a considerable amount

made buckets of money in the stock market

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in kettles

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

• kettles
• pails
• jugs
• pots
• pitchers
• canteens
• tubs
• cauldrons
• tanks
• jars
• vats
• receptacles
• flagons
• holders
• vessels
• hods
• bails

buckets

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bucket

1

as in scoops

to lift out with something that holds liquid

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scoops
• spoons
• empties
• drains
• dips
• ladles
• pumps
• dishes
• lades
• bails
• exhausts
• eliminates
• slops
• depletes
• siphons
• draws (off)
• draws
• bleeds
• syphons
• suctions
• decants

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fills
• pours

2

as in shakes

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

• shakes
• jerks
• shudders
• quivers
• vibrates
• shivers
• rocks
• trembles
• wabbles
• convulses
• joggles
• jolts
• wobbles
• jounces
• swings
• jiggles
• quakes
• sways
• twitches
• waves
• agitates
• judders
• flickers
• thrills
• throbs
• quavers
• chatters
• flutters
• pulses
• fluctuates
• dodders
• wavers
• undulates
• oscillates
• pitter-patters
• palpitates
• pulsates
• beats
• pit-a-pats