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

Mayer didn’t have that opportunity in the majors, spending chunks of time at second (53 games), third (39) and shortstop (26). — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026

At the time, spending on massive pensions for public employees — especially public-safety officials — was consuming larger chunks of the state budget and pushing localities to the brink of bankruptcy. — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2026

How one’s meal is eaten is up to each diner, but Quintana and the cooks in the kitchen eat it like a taco, putting chunks of the meat, a spoonful of rice and salsa and a helping of the onions into a tortilla. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026

Trump once suggested that his refurbishing of the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool would last a century, only for the paint to fade and its liner to peel away in chunks just days after it was laid. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

The antidote is breaking it down into smaller, bite-sized chunks. — Bykaren R. McDaniel, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Loose rocks, chunks of concrete and rusted metal are among the items that have emerged as powerful storm swells remove layers of sand along Newport Beach. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Video posted shows chunks of concrete falling into the water and a stretch of the road disappeared as water gushes between it. — Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 17 Aug. 2026

This blend goes the extra mile with chunks of coconut cream and a mango-passionfruit purée. — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026