Synonyms of chunks

chunks

noun

plural of chunk

1

as in loads

a considerable amount

that new sports car must have cost a real chunk of change

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in hunks

a small uneven mass

a little chunk of dirt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hunks
• clumps
• wads
• globs
• lumps
• pieces
• gobs
• blobs
• nuggets
• dollops
• knobs
• gobbets
• clods
• bits
• beads
• clots
• nubs
• portions
• drops
• particles
• globules
• patches
• chips
• nubbles
• blocks
• granules
• scraps
• bulks
• crumbs
• bodies
• morsels
• nubbins

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chunks

Other artists who’ve canceled either entire tours or significant chunks of their dates this year range from the Pussycat Dolls to Meghan Trainor to the only partially nixed Post Malone/Jelly Roll stadium tour. — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 July 2026

Bronin and Larson ignore Gilchrest, who on June 30 had a paltry $35,000 to spend in the final weeks of the campaign, and concentrate on tearing chunks out of each other. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026

Khan will chair the city’s economic development board, which oversees the leasing and use of huge chunks of city property, including Hudson Yards. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 23 July 2026

Sorge said that this class of space debris decelerates quicker, and also once on the surface the pieces are also more recognizable than broken up chunks of metal. — Leonard David, Space.com, 22 July 2026

My favorite way to do this is to get cozy and read in hourlong chunks and take a break to discuss with friends or grab a snack. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Then there are hospitality packages, which represent significant chunks of MetLife Stadium and sold for even higher prices. — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 17 July 2026

The Italian Sausage Pasta in Garlic Wine Sauce combines chunks of Italian sausage, grape tomatoes, spinach, and shredded Parmesan with orecchiette pasta that is perfect for holding onto all those tasty ingredients. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 17 July 2026

From fudgy to cakey; made with cocoa or melted chocolate; speckled with chips, chunks, nuts, or nothing at all—the quest for the best brownie recipe can involve a lot of variables. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2026