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mass

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mass

1 masses plural the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
  • The masses demanded the elimination of tax breaks for the rich.
Synonyms of mass

commoners, commons, crowd, herd, hoi polloi, millions, mob, multitude, people, plebeians, plebs, populace, public, rank and file
Words Related to mass

cattle, proletariat, rabble, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rout, trash, unwashed
Near Antonyms of mass

gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), gentry, nobility, patriciate, peerage, royalty, society
Antonyms of mass

A-list, aristocracy, best, choice, cream, elect, elite, fat, flower, pick, pride, upper crust
2 a considerable amount
  • I have a mass of work to do tonight.
Synonyms of mass

abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket, bunch, bundle, bushel, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, loads, lot, mess, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, pack, passel, peck, pile, plateful, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, sight, slew, spate, stack, store, ton, volume, wad, wealth, yard
Words Related to mass

epidemic, plague, rash

bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, plethora, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

deluge, flood, overflow

army, bevy, cram, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, press, score, sea, swarm, throng
Phrases Synonymous with mass

all kinds (of), quite a bit
Near Antonyms of mass

atom, crumb, dot, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, grain, granule, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, mote, nubbin, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, shred, tittle, whit

smatter, smattering
Antonyms of mass

ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, nip, ounce, peanuts, pinch, pittance, scruple, shade, shadow, smidgen (also smidgeon), speck, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, streak, tad, touch, trace
3 a distinct and separate portion of matter
  • a mass of leaves in a corner of the yard
Synonyms of mass

body
Words Related to mass

aggregate, amount, bulk, quantity, quantum, volume

item, object, thing

material, stuff, substance

entirety, totality, whole
4 the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts
  • When taking pictures, focus your attention on the mass of the main subject.
Synonyms of mass

body, brunt, bulk, chief, core, generality, main, staple, weight
Words Related to mass

majority

aggregate, amount, entirety, quantum, sum, sum total, total, totality, whole

bottom, essence, essentiality, marrow, meat, nature, pith, quintessence, root, soul, stuff, substance

center, heart, hub, kernel, middle, nucleus, nut, seat

affair, argument, burden, crux, focus, gist, nub, pitch, point, purport

matter, motif, subject, text, theme, topic
Near Antonyms of mass

accessory (also accessary), adjunct, appendage, extension, offshoot

component, constituent, element, ingredient

division, part, piece, section, segment

angle, aspect, facet, feature, quality, side
5 the largest part or quantity of something
  • He believes that the great mass of voters are in the polical center and consider themselves neither conservative nor liberal.
Synonyms of mass

bulk, generality, lion's share, majority, preponderance
Words Related to mass

plurality

maximum, most

abundance, heap, loads, lot, much, oodles, plenty, profusion, reams, scads, wealth
Near Antonyms of mass

couple, few, handful, smattering, sprinkling

least, minimum
Antonyms of mass

minority
6 a great number of persons or creatures massed together
  • A huge mass of people had gathered in the park to protest.
Synonyms of mass

army, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, press, rout, swarm, throng
Words Related to mass

masses, millions, rabble, rabblement, riffraff

gaggle

heap, mountain, pile

jam, logjam

Synonym Discussion of mass

bulk, mass, volume mean the aggregate that forms a body or unit. bulk implies an aggregate that is impressively large, heavy, or numerous.
    • the darkened bulk of the skyscrapers
mass suggests an aggregate made by piling together things of the same kind.
    • a mass of boulders
volume applies to an aggregate without shape or outline and capable of flowing or fluctuating.
    • a tremendous volume of water

mass

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of mass

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
  • clouds massing on the western side of the mountain range
Synonyms of mass

accumulate, amass, build up, collect, concentrate, conglomerate, gather, pile (up), stack (up)
Words Related to mass

clump, lump

bank, drift, ridge
Near Antonyms of mass

disperse, dissipate, scatter

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