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

The sanitizer buckets at the drink prep station have become opaque and milky-looking. — Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026

The composition slips in and out of deliberation, a tableau of buckets and plates concentrating energy, which the lighter detritus then loosens and disperses. — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Such products can significantly boost theater revenue, with collectible buckets often selling for $25 to $50. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026

In an already tenuous industry marked by razor-thin margins, high rents and increasing costs for goods and labor, some of the Southland’s favorite beach bars and restaurants are dumping out buckets of water this month. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

With the Jazz trailing 105-100, Sensabaugh and George hit back-to-back buckets to send the game into overtime. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

One skeleton is mowing right over another, while others tend to buckets of slime, climb on the larger figures and play around the yard. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

The kitchen sends out delicious wings and other snacks while bartenders serve affordable buckets of beer and seltzer. — Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2026

Restaurants in hotel lobbies often fit into one of two buckets—hit or miss—and The Tusk Bar at the Evelyn Hotel is most definitely the former. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026