CHUNKS Synonyms: 205 Similar and Opposite Words

chunks

noun

plural of chunk

as in loads

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

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as in hunks

a small uneven mass a little chunk of dirt

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Recent Examples of chunks The Perseids are also famed for producing vivid green fireballs capable of briefly turning night to day as larger chunks of debris collide with Earth's atmosphere at speeds of up to 37 miles per second (59 kilometers per second). — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 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 The rest of the structure was made from stones (carefully stacked, with no mortar) and turf cut into chunks from the peat bogs. — Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2026 The Strawberry Watermelon Refresher had added strawberry slices, while the Blackberry Passion Fruit Refresher included blackberry chunks. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026 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 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

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Noun

Transformers require specialized vehicles and heavy-duty trailers capable of carrying oversized loads.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Flawless routines and loads of amenities were once seen as the ultimate pillars of hospitality.

— Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

Federal prosecutors accuse Maduro and Flores of conspiring with drug cartels to facilitate the flow of thousands of tons of cocaine into the United States.

— Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Six Boeing 767 airlifts have carried 295 tons of relief supplies into the country.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of tons

Noun

Photos apparently taken by the men themselves show wads of cash on the seat of a car, in a plastic bag and in stacks on the floor of a location in New York.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 1 July 2026
The alpha heroes of 1980s romances—ranch owners, corporate raiders, anyone played by Michael Douglas—tended to be emotionally constipated anti-feminists intent on dominating the opposite sex by using testosterone and wads of cash.

— Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

Definition of wads

Noun

While baking soda is famously good at deodorizing smelly things, adding salt to compost piles can interrupt the composting process.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
Instead, there would be an uptick in compound disasters, as one extreme piles upon another.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Definition of piles

Noun

Miami officials have agreed to spend up to $150 million to lease dozens of new city vehicles — from street sweepers to motorcycles and ambulances — to address the city’s aging fleet.

— Tess Riski July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
While The Athletic spoke to a dozen sources around the league for this story, almost all refused to comment for publication, even anonymously.

— Annie Costabile, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of dozens

Noun

Can turkey tail mushrooms shrink lipomas, the soft, fatty lumps that show up under the skin of countless aging dogs?

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026
Far from lumps of rock, the trojans, along with DJ and Dinkinesh (which is the Ethiopian name for the Lucy fossil), are windows into the past, and the storytellers of the Earth's most ancient history.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026

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