Synonyms of mass

mass 1 of 3

noun

1

as in populace

masses plural the body of the community as contrasted with the elite

the masses demanded the elimination of tax breaks for the rich

Synonyms & Similar Words

• populace
• public
• crowd
• people
• mob
• millions
• commons
• commoners
• multitude
• plebeians
• plebs
• rank and file
• herd
• cattle
• proletariat
• hoi polloi
• rabble
• unwashed
• rout
• scum
• rabblement
• middle class
• bourgeoisie
• trash
• ragtag and bobtail
• tag, rag, and bobtail
• riffraff

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elite
• fat
• flower
• cream
• choice
• aristocracy
• pink
• upper crust
• pride
• elect
• pick
• A-list
• society
• quality
• best
• royalty
• nobility
• corps d'elite
• gentry
• gentility
• patriciate
• peerage
• gentlefolk
• haute monde

2

as in loads

a considerable amount

I have a mass of work to do tonight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• ton
• plenty
• quantity
• dozen
• chunk
• pile
• slew
• wealth
• bunch
• deal
• abundance
• lot
• raft
• bundle
• stack
• volume
• multiplicity
• hundred
• heap
• all kinds (of)
• mountain
• truckload
• profusion
• myriad
• bucket
• pack
• carload
• sheaf
• gobs
• quite a bit
• fistful
• good deal
• yard
• shipload
• plenitude
• boatload
• reams
• store
• pot
• barrel
• spate
• mess
• peck
• bushel
• sight
• much
• thousands
• wad
• basketful
• lashings
• scads
• flood
• oodles
• excess
• potful
• plateful
• surplus
• passel
• plentitude
• plague
• epidemic
• score
• overabundance
• sea
• rash
• multitude
• crowd
• swarm
• throng
• superabundance
• surfeit
• army
• overflow
• host
• plethora
• flock
• embarrassment
• deluge
• horde
• bonanza
• superfluity
• overkill
• overage
• crush
• redundancy
• press
• mob
• oversupply
• herd
• legion
• million
• bevy
• drove
• overmuch
• cram
• zillion
• gazillion
• trillion
• jillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• grain
• touch
• particle
• suspicion
• strain
• atom
• fragment
• handful
• spot
• taste
• molecule
• ounce
• ray
• bit
• shadow
• sprinkling
• trace
• speck
• pinch
• scrap
• streak
• hint
• shade
• mite
• pittance
• granule
• peanuts
• mouthful
• dot
• dram
• scruple
• mote
• ace
• whit
• modicum
• sprinkle
• nip
• glimmer
• shred
• crumb
• smattering
• dab
• lick
• tad
• portion
• drop
• iota
• section
• scintilla
• piece
• dash
• little
• jot
• driblet
• smidgen
• shot
• tittle
• absence
• lack
• fleck
• shortage
• poverty
• morsel
• scarcity
• flyspeck
• nubbin
• famine
• smatter
• paucity
• deficiency
• deficit
• dearth
• insufficiency
• inadequacy
• want
• scantiness
• meagerness
• undersupply
• scarceness
• skimpiness
• scantness

3

as in body

a distinct and separate portion of matter

a mass of leaves in a corner of the yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• body
• amount
• quantity
• volume
• object
• bulk
• item
• material
• aggregate
• substance
• quantum
• thing
• whole
• stuff
• totality
• entirety

4

as in weight

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 & Similar Words

• body
• weight
• bulk
• core
• majority
• staple
• essence
• chief
• burden
• whole
• main
• nature
• substance
• amount
• bottom
• entirety
• middle
• center
• root
• heart
• heft
• generality
• total
• brunt
• sum
• focus
• meat
• aggregate
• matter
• subject
• marrow
• nucleus
• kernel
• quantum
• soul
• totality
• stuff
• hub
• text
• topic
• theme
• seat
• pitch
• sum total
• argument
• nut
• affair
• quintessence
• pith
• point
• motif
• essentiality
• crux
• gist
• nub
• purport

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extension
• component
• element
• part
• constituent
• ingredient
• section
• appendage
• accessory
• segment
• adjunct
• piece
• division
• offshoot
• quality
• side
• angle
• aspect
• feature
• facet

5

as in majority

the largest part or quantity of something

believes that the great mass of voters are in the political center and consider themselves neither conservative nor liberal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• majority
• bulk
• preponderance
• plurality
• generality
• lion's share
• maximum
• most
• loads
• abundance
• heap
• wealth
• profusion
• lot
• reams
• plenty
• scads
• oodles
• much

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minority
• few
• handful
• least
• minimum
• couple
• smattering
• sprinkling

6

as in throng

a great number of persons or creatures massed together

a huge mass of people had gathered in the park to protest the government's latest policy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throng
• swarm
• flock
• crowd
• horde
• masses
• multitude
• mob
• army
• legion
• crush
• bike
• press
• drove
• host
• millions
• herd
• rout
• cram
• rabble
• scrum
• heap
• pile
• rabblement
• gaggle
• mountain
• jam
• riffraff
• logjam

mass

2 of 3

adjective

as in reciprocal

Related Words

• reciprocal
• popular
• bilateral
• synergistic
• general
• symbiotic
• consensual
• collective
• universal
• generic
• communal
• joint
• synergic
• mutual
• concerted
• multiple
• public
• two-way
• cooperative
• combined
• pooled
• collaborative
• united
• conjoint
• shared
• common
• conjunct

Dissimilar Words

• individual
• single
• personal
• unilateral
• solitary
• private
• one-man
• sole
• exclusive
• several
• independent
• separate
• one-way
• particular
• special
• one-sided
• specialized
• esoteric

mass

3 of 3

verb

as in to accumulate

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass

clouds massing on the western side of the mountain range

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accumulate
• gather
• collect
• conglomerate
• concentrate
• amass
• pile (up)
• stack (up)
• build up
• lump
• accrete
• drift
• clump
• ridge
• agglutinate
• bank

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• scatter
• disperse
• dissipate

Synonym Chooser

How is the word mass different from other nouns like it?

The words bulk and volume are common synonyms of mass. While all three words mean "the aggregate that forms a body or unit," mass suggests an aggregate made by piling together things of the same kind.

a mass of boulders

Where would bulk be a reasonable alternative to mass?

While the synonyms bulk and mass are close in meaning, bulk implies an aggregate that is impressively large, heavy, or numerous.

the darkened bulk of the skyscrapers

In what contexts can volume take the place of mass?

The words volume and mass are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, volume applies to an aggregate without shape or outline and capable of flowing or fluctuating.

a tremendous volume of water

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mass

Noun

Miller, who was a former assistant manager of dance programming at the Kennedy Center, lost her job in 2025 as part of mass layoffs as the administration restructured the Kennedy Center. — Mariam Khan, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

The new analysis used the MagLab’s 21-tesla Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer, which can distinguish an enormous number of compounds within extremely complex mixtures. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

Adjective

Stellar mass black holes are basically the corpses of dead stars. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

Loiseau said his church has already established a plan, just as the church has protocol for mass shootings or kidnappings. — Lauren Costantino september 19, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026

Verb

The shift from removals scattered on many smaller lots to mass clearings on a handful of properties is backed up by permitting data, the assessment notes. — Drew Kann, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026

So while the film, on one hand, ignores the political perspective of its victims — including Khalra — its wide-spanning rebuttal to government overreach becomes more palatable to mass audiences in the process. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 July 2026