Synonyms of bushels

bushels

noun

plural of bushel

as in tons

a considerable amount

picked up a bushel of decorations at the after-Christmas sale

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tons
• loads
• dozens
• piles
• hundreds
• bunches
• chunks
• quantities
• lots
• bundles
• slews
• rafts
• stacks
• deals
• carloads
• barrels
• yards
• truckloads
• buckets
• plenties
• wealths
• shiploads
• pecks
• masses
• sheaves
• fistfuls
• abundances
• reams
• myriads
• volumes
• boatloads
• basketfuls
• heaps
• gobs
• pots
• wads
• scads
• oodles
• all kinds (of)
• mountains
• platefuls
• quite a bit
• lashings
• stores
• packs
• good deals
• profusions
• multiplicities
• potfuls
• sights
• much
• thousands
• messes
• scores
• millions
• floods
• surpluses
• spates
• plenitudes
• passels
• plentitudes
• multitudes
• seas
• rashes
• epidemics
• plagues
• hordes
• trillions
• excesses
• superfluities
• flocks
• overages
• swarms
• bonanzas
• oversupplies
• throngs
• embarrassments
• overflows
• armies
• deluges
• zillions
• legions
• herds
• hosts
• surfeits
• redundancies
• crowds
• overmuch
• crushes
• presses
• mobs
• overabundances
• droves
• plethoras
• superabundances
• overkills
• gazillions
• jillions
• bevies
• kazillions
• crams

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ounces
• grains
• peanuts
• handfuls
• bits
• shadows
• shades
• atoms
• fragments
• drams
• molecules
• spots
• strains
• granules
• particles
• specks
• rays
• mites
• mouthfuls
• tastes
• suspicions
• scraps
• dots
• scruples
• hints
• streaks
• touches
• flecks
• licks
• pinches
• crumbs
• traces
• nips
• aces
• sprinkles
• motes
• shreds
• glimmers
• dabs
• pittances
• driblets
• pieces
• smidgens
• sections
• portions
• dashes
• sprinklings
• drops
• little
• nubbins
• whits
• shots
• morsels
• iotas
• flyspecks
• jots
• scintillas
• shortages
• tittles
• modicums
• lacks
• smatterings
• absences
• wants
• deficiencies
• smatters
• deficits
• famines
• scarcities
• inadequacies
• insufficiencies
• dearths
• poverties
• undersupplies
• paucities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bushels

Instead, Thiel suggests, let’s make hay — meaning, bushels of money — while the sun shines. — David Gibson, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026

One breakthrough leading into that period of acclaim was Ferrer’s 1968 guerrilla action involving driving 87 bushels of fall leaves from Philadelphia to New York in a pickup truck, and scattering them in front of art institutions. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

The amount of leaves that can be gathered before your Shop-Vac’s bin needs emptying is measured in cubic feet as well as bushels, which are slightly larger units of measurement. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Maybe next week, the boys could wade into the river near Mancelona and collect bushels of watercress, which carpeted the surface there. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Last year, Ian Stamy took the state prize for his bumper soybean yield, coaxing an average of just over 100 bushels per acre from his operation in central Pennsylvania. — Scott Neuman, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026

What’s a gardener to do with bushels of perfectly ripe, juicy tomatoes or dozens of colorful bell peppers? — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2026

The tradition began in 2010 when Jesús Navas received several bushels of tomatoes for his part in Spain’s victory, per ESPN. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

South India is the scent of frangipani and coffee, bushels of bananas and coconuts, women with gold nose rings and hair braided with jasmine and mustachioed men in pink with hands on hips. — Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026