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

In 2023, researchers at MIT and elsewhere proposed that the bright white chunks scattered throughout Roman concrete—known as lime clasts and long dismissed as evidence of incomplete mixing—could help explain the material’s self-healing properties. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 11 July 2026

Officials have said the pool most likely would need to be drained again for liner repairs after chunks of blue coating were seen floating at the surface. — Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

That happens anytime new chunks of tire are exposed to the air, meaning the particle may be nearly ubiquitous in car-heavy environments. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 9 July 2026

Lime clasts are tiny white chunks of limestone that were previously mistaken for evidence of sloppy mixing. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

Trump has said the pool likely would need to be drained again for liner repairs after chunks of blue coating were seen floating at the surface. — Michael Kunzelman, Fortune, 9 July 2026

Trump gleefully tearing up large chunks of the White House and my hometown, trying to install a solipsistic arch, an exclusive golf course, a gargantuan ballroom and a garden of heroes — all to his Versailles-on-acid specifications. — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

If desired, add wood chunks or foil packets of wood chips for light smoke flavor. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

But photos showed that the blue sealant had started to peel away, leaving chunks floating on the surface, while algae growth turned the water green. — Marco Gacina, NBC news, 2 July 2026