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peck

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of peck

a considerable amount
  • Now you're in a peck of trouble!
Synonyms of peck

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

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 peck

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

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 peck

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

peck

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of peck

1 to eat reluctantly and in small bites
  • The boy just pecked at his food and said he wasn't hungry.
Synonyms of peck

nibble, pick
Words Related to peck

graze, nosh, snack

taste
Near Antonyms of peck

gorge, gormandize, overeat, pig out, swill
2 to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
  • The bird continued to peck the suet cake intently.
Synonyms of peck

gore, harpoon, impale, jab, lance, pick, pierce, pink, puncture, run through, skewer, spear, spike, spit, stab, stick, transfix
Words Related to peck

spindle

perforate, riddle

bayonet, dirk, gimlet, pike, poniard, prong, quill

pinprick, poke, prick, punch, thrust

cut, knife, slice

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