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

To estimate how property taxes are spent, the Herald first calculated how much property-tax revenue goes into the main funding buckets for most core services. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 21 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

Real people went outside and dumped buckets of ice on their heads, ostensibly to spread awareness of a neurodegenerative disease. — Matt Carlstrom, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026

Hell is sometimes a series of conference rooms meetings, where the SFX and VFX teams need to talk about how the work of faking maimings, decapitations, and buckets of fake blood are going to be shared. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026