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parcel

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of parcel

1 a number of things considered as a unit
  • Her absurd explanation for the collision was a parcel of lies.
Synonyms of parcel

array, assemblage, band, bank, batch, battery, block, bunch, clot, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, muster, package, passel, set, suite
Words Related to parcel

accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomeration

agglomeration, assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, mixture, odds and ends, sundries, variety

cycle, run, series, suit
Phrases Synonymous with parcel

the whole kit and caboodle
Near Antonyms of parcel

entity, item, single, unit
2 a small area of usually open land
  • wandered around the little parcel out back
Synonyms of parcel

clearing, field, ground, lot, plat, plot, tract
Words Related to parcel

common(s)

grass, green, greensward, lawn

glade, grassland, heath, heathland, lea (or ley), meadow, moor, pasture, pastureland
3 a small piece of land that is developed or available for development
  • subdivided the huge farm into smaller parcels for sale
Synonyms of parcel

lot, plat, plot, property, tract
Words Related to parcel

patch

frontage

lease

development

real estate
4 a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
  • a parcel of kids trailing at their heels
Synonyms of parcel

array, band, batch, battery, body, boodle, bunch, cluster, clutch, consort, constellation, crop, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, party, passel
Words Related to parcel

assembly, collective, congregation, gathering, muster, organization

circle, clan, clique, coterie, fellowship, gang, ring, round, set

faction, guild (also gild), order, school, sect

brigade, crew, outfit, phalanx, platoon, posse, task force, team

alliance, bloc, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, league, union

battalion, squadron

bevy, brood, covey
Phrases Synonymous with parcel

the whole kit and caboodle
Near Antonyms of parcel

individual, single
5 a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items
  • We received a mysterious parcel in the mail.
Synonyms of parcel

bundle, pack, package, packet
Words Related to parcel

bag, poke [chiefly Southern {amp} Midland], pouch, sack

bale

box, container, crate

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