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

The book is written in fragmentary fashion, discrete chunks of prose that accrete into a greater whole, much like the ancient mosaics that are among of the novel’s thematic touchstones. — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026

Some of the largest proposals seeking chunks of Orange County’s lucrative bed tax got the final crack Wednesday at convincing a task force to advance their ideas, which combined would cost billions of dollars. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026

Tear the mozzarella into 6 to 8 chunks, then place a chunk in each glass over the tomatoes. — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026

This method can also spot larger changes—such as missing or extra chunks of DNA—that older, cheaper tests can’t detect. — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Photos show that chunks of ceiling have fallen in two rooms and leaves have blown into a few others, suggesting there are some holes that need to be patched up immediately. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Aug. 2026

Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit feature two half-hour games per episode, and Police 24/7 could be edited into 30-minute chunks as well. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026

Floating in zero gravity, players slice derelict spacecraft into salvageable chunks, while also contending with unruly physics, pressure, and profit margins. — Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Broken chunks of concrete cover the building's entranceway while the staircase is littered in rubble and broken glass. — Jane Arraf, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026