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
• dozens
• chunks
• quantities
• hundreds
• rafts
• bunches
• bundles
• lots
• deals
• stacks
• slews
• plenties
• masses
• wealths
• abundances
• barrels
• bushels
• truckloads
• pots
• fistfuls
• heaps
• gobs
• yards
• sheaves
• reams
• boatloads
• volumes
• mountains
• basketfuls
• carloads
• myriads
• wads
• all kinds (of)
• shiploads
• packs
• oodles
• platefuls
• pecks
• scads
• stores
• quite a bit
• lashings
• multiplicities
• potfuls
• messes
• good deals
• sights
• profusions
• scores
• much
• floods
• plenitudes
• spates
• surpluses
• thousands
• passels
• millions
• plentitudes
• plagues
• rashes
• seas
• multitudes
• epidemics
• overflows
• swarms
• bonanzas
• hordes
• excesses
• hosts
• flocks
• deluges
• overages
• armies
• superfluities
• embarrassments
• crowds
• 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
• bits
• handfuls
• shades
• spots
• peanuts
• grains
• shadows
• fragments
• mouthfuls
• granules
• molecules
• strains
• particles
• touches
• atoms
• streaks
• sprinkles
• tastes
• rays
• scraps
• dots
• specks
• licks
• mites
• traces
• hints
• dabs
• drams
• pinches
• aces
• crumbs
• scruples
• flecks
• suspicions
• nips
• shreds
• glimmers
• motes
• drops
• pieces
• sections
• pittances
• driblets
• dashes
• shots
• sprinklings
• portions
• little
• morsels
• smidgens
• flyspecks
• nubbins
• iotas
• scintillas
• whits
• shortages
• jots
• tittles
• smatterings
• modicums
• lacks
• deficiencies
• deficits
• absences
• smatters
• 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
• pumps
• ladles
• dishes
• lades
• bails
• exhausts
• eliminates
• slops
• depletes
• draws (off)
• draws
• bleeds
• siphons
• 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
• convulses
• joggles
• jolts
• wobbles
• jounces
• swings
• jiggles
• quakes
• sways
• twitches
• agitates
• waves
• judders
• flickers
• thrills
• throbs
• quavers
• chatters
• flutters
• pulses
• fluctuates
• dodders
• wavers
• undulates
• oscillates
• pitter-patters
• palpitates
• pulsates
• beats
• pit-a-pats

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of buckets

Noun

Milagros Pica Quiñones’ small concrete home is an untamed menagerie of bottles, paint buckets, bleach and laundry detergent jugs. — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

The sanitizer buckets where the wiping cloths should be resting between uses? — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

The giveaway handed out 1,000 meals, 1,000 drinks and 2,000 buckets of emergency supplies. — Chris Tye, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

The remaining transactions were broken down into different buckets $1 million and under. — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

Behind a slew of Burton buckets, the Valkyries were able to slim the disadvantage to 54-41 by the end of the third quarter. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

Filling buckets, keeping jugs by the door, checking the faucet each morning – for many Puerto Ricans, that routine was in place long before now. — Ivis García, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

Vendors gather their primary ingredient from local elementary schools, where young boys relieve themselves in buckets. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

Marjanović is 46 now, and comes into his fifth edition as the event’s sole director with buckets of confidence in what this fest has to offer European cinema. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026