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

Like any problem, Rosenthal says, the best way to start is by breaking it down into smaller, manageable chunks—in this case, quite literally. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 2026

Previously staunchly pro-Vucic media outlets quickly adopted a more neutral position, while some television channels canceled chunks of their programs altogether and owners reportedly fled the country. — Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Flames flickered around chunks of pavement lining the crater as shocked residents looked on in horror. — David Fischer, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

Not only is Robert Carlock and Sam Means’ NBC sitcom designed to squeeze in as many jokes as the human brain can process in 21-minute chunks, it’s also carefully paced and polished to keep those jokes as superb and surprising as possible. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Nov. 2026

Each bite of the peanut butter cookie has chocolate and peanut butter chips, white chocolate chunks, pretzels and coconut in it. — Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2026

Because the vulnerability affects almost 20 years of PHP, big chunks of internet history are in danger of being lost. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026

In lieu of industry success, Hall spent large chunks of the past three decades living, performing, and otherwise working in obscurity in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and other parts of East Asia. — Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

Netflix, unlike most other media companies, strongly incentivizes its employees to take big chunks of their compensation in stock. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026