Synonyms of bunch

bunch 1 of 2

noun

ˈbənch 

1

as in crowd

a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially

that bunch goes out to lunch together every Friday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crowd
• pack
• clique
• network
• circle
• community
• gang
• lot
• clan
• coven
• organization
• fold
• coterie
• body
• set
• club
• tribe
• ring
• commune
• guild
• society
• faction
• elite
• klatch
• galère
• squad
• fraternity
• league
• college
• camp
• in-group
• side
• coalition
• closed shop
• sect
• brotherhood
• sorority
• mess
• bloc
• charmed circle
• union
• federation
• sisterhood
• fellowship
• alliance
• confederation
• council
• order
• congress
• sodality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individualist
• loner

2

as in batch

a number of things considered as a unit

bought a bunch of grapes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• batch
• cluster
• lot
• collection
• array
• group
• grouping
• assemblage
• clump
• set
• constellation
• assortment
• package
• variety
• series
• battery
• mixture
• bank
• band
• suite
• block
• clutch
• passel
• jumble
• parcel
• huddle
• accumulation
• muster
• clot
• conglomeration
• the whole kit and caboodle
• knot
• aggregation
• hodgepodge
• aggregate
• miscellany
• sundries
• agglomeration
• suit
• cycle
• odds and ends
• run

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unit
• item
• entity
• single

3

as in group

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

a small bunch of people were sent to clean up the place

Synonyms & Similar Words

• group
• grouping
• batch
• lot
• cluster
• band
• team
• crop
• array
• crew
• platoon
• party
• battery
• passel
• clutch
• gathering
• collective
• constellation
• circle
• body
• squadron
• consort
• huddle
• parcel
• gang
• battalion
• organization
• posse
• school
• knot
• brigade
• the whole kit and caboodle
• boodle
• clique
• coterie
• round
• faction
• congregation
• assembly
• clan
• bevy
• set
• phalanx
• sect
• task force
• guild
• ring
• coalition
• muster
• federation
• union
• bloc
• confederacy
• league
• outfit
• alliance
• confederation
• brood
• fellowship
• order
• covey

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individual
• single

4

as in projection

a part that sticks out from the general mass of something

a bunch in the blanket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• projection
• section
• piece
• portion
• dome
• swell
• bulge
• protuberance
• overhang
• convexity
• protrusion
• jut
• block
• expansion
• lump
• knot
• snag
• knob
• blob
• mound
• puff
• swelling
• hill
• bump
• dilatation
• nub
• hump
• increase
• escalation
• gibbosity
• enlargement
• obtrusion
• knurl

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pit
• well
• cavity
• depression
• hollow
• valley
• hole
• bowl
• dent
• recess
• indentation
• crater
• indenture
• basin
• dip
• impression
• pocket
• dint
• concave
• trough
• groove
• trench
• concavity
• indent
• furrow
• notch
• gouge
• dimple

5

as in dozen

a considerable amount

I have a bunch of thoughts on the matter, so grab a notepad

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dozen
• loads
• ton
• plenty
• slew
• lot
• pile
• chunk
• deal
• raft
• hundred
• quantity
• wealth
• bundle
• stack
• myriad
• abundance
• boatload
• truckload
• pack
• gobs
• heap
• all kinds (of)
• carload
• fistful
• scads
• shipload
• bucket
• thousands
• sheaf
• reams
• quite a bit
• yard
• mountain
• wad
• good deal
• profusion
• passel
• oodles
• basketful
• volume
• mass
• bushel
• pot
• mess
• much
• store
• multiplicity
• peck
• spate
• barrel
• plenitude
• plateful
• potful
• sight
• lashings
• plentitude
• score
• plethora
• multitude
• surplus
• bevy
• flood
• rash
• crowd
• excess
• overabundance
• plague
• horde
• million
• surfeit
• host
• swarm
• sea
• flock
• zillion
• throng
• army
• epidemic
• bonanza
• legion
• superabundance
• deluge
• overage
• oversupply
• mob
• herd
• embarrassment
• overkill
• superfluity
• gazillion
• overflow
• press
• crush
• cram
• drove
• redundancy
• overmuch
• jillion
• kazillion
• trillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• handful
• bit
• spot
• taste
• suspicion
• strain
• sprinkling
• hint
• touch
• ounce
• peanuts
• grain
• shade
• streak
• mouthful
• ray
• particle
• pinch
• trace
• scrap
• molecule
• shadow
• fragment
• ace
• sprinkle
• tad
• mite
• speck
• glimmer
• pittance
• atom
• dram
• dab
• shred
• nip
• smattering
• scruple
• whit
• dot
• lick
• jot
• modicum
• little
• section
• granule
• iota
• mote
• tittle
• crumb
• scintilla
• piece
• portion
• smidgen
• drop
• dash
• shot
• morsel
• fleck
• lack
• driblet
• shortage
• flyspeck
• absence
• nubbin
• paucity
• smatter
• scarcity
• want
• poverty
• dearth
• deficiency
• famine
• deficit
• insufficiency
• inadequacy
• scarceness
• undersupply
• scantiness
• meagerness
• scantness
• skimpiness

bunch

2 of 2

verb

1

as in to poke

to extend outward beyond a usual point

the dress bunches a bit at the waist

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poke
• protrude
• bulge
• stand out
• project
• swell
• stick out
• jut
• pouch
• beetle
• balloon
• pooch
• billow
• bag
• start
• overhang
• pout
• dome
• belly
• stretch
• extend
• mushroom
• snowball
• inflate
• blow up
• lengthen
• elongate
• expand
• dilate
• distend

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shrink
• contract
• compress
• condense
• constrict

2

as in to crowd

to gather into a closely packed group

the slow service caused the customers at the pick-up counter to bunch up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crowd
• huddle
• pile
• cluster
• flock
• swarm
• assemble
• herd
• press
• mob
• conglomerate
• collect
• converge
• surround
• throng
• congregate
• concentrate
• convene
• hug
• forgather
• encircle
• concenter
• embrace

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• split (up)
• disperse
• break up
• disband

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bunch

Noun

The youngest of the bunch, Cameron, was born on June 5, 2013, after the family relocated to Delray Beach. — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

The album is strikingly consistent, with no true clunker in the bunch, though some tunes are more memorable than others. — ABC News, 8 July 2026

Verb

This helps relax the fabric and keeps it from bunching up as much. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 June 2026

Measures such as these help ease the stress of attendees bustling across the city from one appointment to the next, and hopefully help protect the models bunched backstage. — Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 24 June 2026