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

As is normally the case for a Dan Hurley team, the Huskies are going to be a high-tempo offense looking for easy buckets or open threes. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Some walk around the cafeteria with buckets collecting leftover lunch scraps. — CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026

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