Synonyms of passel

passel

noun

ˈpa-səl 

1

as in batch

a number of things considered as a unit

reporters had a whole passel of questions for the new basketball coach

Synonyms & Similar Words

• batch
• bunch
• cluster
• array
• collection
• assemblage
• lot
• group
• grouping
• constellation
• set
• clump
• assortment
• package
• battery
• series
• variety
• bank
• band
• suite
• clutch
• mixture
• block
• parcel
• muster
• accumulation
• jumble
• huddle
• clot
• aggregation
• conglomeration
• the whole kit and caboodle
• knot
• aggregate
• hodgepodge
• miscellany
• agglomeration
• sundries
• suit
• odds and ends
• run
• cycle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unit
• item
• entity
• single

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• group
• batch
• bunch
• grouping
• cluster
• band
• lot
• crop
• array
• crew
• platoon
• team
• clutch
• battery
• consort
• constellation
• party
• collective
• squadron
• gathering
• posse
• parcel
• boodle
• huddle
• battalion
• coterie
• body
• circle
• organization
• knot
• gang
• the whole kit and caboodle
• school
• brigade
• round
• congregation
• bevy
• clique
• phalanx
• assembly
• clan
• set
• sect
• faction
• muster
• brood
• covey
• guild
• task force
• ring
• confederacy
• coalition
• union
• bloc
• federation
• fellowship
• league
• confederation
• alliance
• outfit
• order

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individual
• single

3

as in ton

a considerable amount

a whole passel of unauthorized software on his computer

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of passel

SpaceX launched a passel of satellites to orbit early Tuesday morning (July 7). — Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 July 2026

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

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