PASSEL Synonyms: 275 Similar and Opposite Words

passel

noun

ˈpa-səl

Definition of passel

as in batch

a number of things considered as a unit reporters had a whole passel of questions for the new basketball coach

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as in group

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit the young couple helped a passel of students in the span of a few years

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as in ton

a considerable amount a whole passel of unauthorized software on his computer

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Recent Examples of passel Styles has also lined up a notable passel of opening acts. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 16 May 2026 Sokoloff — who is wonkish, earnest and spreadsheet-centric — has garnered other supporters, too, including local Democratic clubs and politicians, as well as a passel of union chapters. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026 Being transported out of Kansas is one of a passel of expressions from movies that have launched a thousand lips. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026 Yes, these Dodgers could be better than a group that produced two MVPs, two World Series MVPs, and a passel of All-Star appearances. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for passel

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Noun

Morgan Bernados couldn't get through the queue for her local theater in the San Francisco Bay Area when a batch of seats dropped a few months ago.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 July 2026
To preserve summer, make a double batch, then cool and freeze in an airtight container for up to two months.

— Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 25 July 2026

Definition of batch

Noun

In the underwater video, an adult female orca is seen holding onto a dead sharp-tail sunfish that the group had previously killed.

— Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Last December, Berman outdid himself, landing $867 million in financing from a group of lenders that include Apollo Global and JPMorgan Chase to convert a 1960s-era office building at 111 Wall Street.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026

Definition of group

Noun

Charlotteans illegally dump about 10 tons of trash every single day — much of it large, bulky items — and the city has to divert garbage crews from normal routes to collect it.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
The World Gold Council has more recently put the figure at 161 tons.

— German Padinger, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

Definition of ton

Noun

In November 2017 India, Australia, Japan, and the United States revived the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or the Quad, an informal strategic grouping widely viewed as a response to China’s expanding footprint in the Indo-Pacific region.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026
The most successful arrangements typically share a common thread, whether that’s a similar material, finish, color palette, or overall mood, while still incorporating enough variation to keep the grouping feeling relaxed and layered.

— Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2026

Definition of grouping

Noun

Why the farmer’s walk works Walking with heavy loads recruits nearly every major muscle group, with particular activation in the core and lower body.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Flaxseeds From lowering cholesterol to lowering the risk of certain diseases, flaxseeds come with loads of health benefits.

— Audrey Noble, Vogue, 24 July 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

The largest cluster was worked the way foodborne outbreaks have been for decades, by interviewing the sick until a common thread appeared.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
That agentic swarm exploited a flaw in Hugging Face’s data-processing pipeline to gain the ability to run code as a processing worker, eventually escalating to high-level access to the company’s cloud and server clusters.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2026

Definition of cluster

Noun

The width of the band and the level at which it is centered were left unchanged.

— Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 27 July 2026
Higher amounts are possible in locations that are hit with several rounds of rain, and in spots where bands of rain slow down or stall out for multiple hours, leading to more serious flooding impacts.

— Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

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