Synonyms of pots

pots 1 of 2

noun

plural of pot

1

as in pools

the total of the bets at stake at one time

everyone got a bit nervous when the pot grew to more than a hundred dollars

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pools
• funds
• stakes
• jacks
• bets
• jackpots
• kitties
• wagers

2

as in loads

a considerable amount

made a pot of money in the real estate market

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• tons
• piles
• dozens
• chunks
• quantities
• hundreds
• rafts
• stacks
• bunches
• lots
• deals
• bundles
• buckets
• plenties
• wealths
• slews
• masses
• abundances
• bushels
• barrels
• yards
• mountains
• heaps
• truckloads
• fistfuls
• volumes
• all kinds (of)
• myriads
• quite a bit
• gobs
• shiploads
• basketfuls
• sheaves
• wads
• packs
• carloads
• pecks
• boatloads
• stores
• potfuls
• platefuls
• scads
• oodles
• reams
• good deals
• lashings
• sights
• profusions
• multiplicities
• messes
• much
• plenitudes
• floods
• scores
• thousands
• passels
• spates
• plentitudes
• surpluses
• seas
• rashes
• millions
• plagues
• excesses
• multitudes
• epidemics
• swarms
• bonanzas
• hordes
• armies
• overages
• hosts
• superfluities
• overflows
• flocks
• deluges
• crowds
• redundancies
• overmuch
• embarrassments
• trillions
• throngs
• surfeits
• legions
• mobs
• zillions
• herds
• presses
• overabundances
• oversupplies
• plethoras
• crushes
• superabundances
• overkills
• bevies
• droves
• gazillions
• jillions
• crams
• kazillions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shadows
• shades
• spots
• ounces
• bits
• molecules
• handfuls
• fragments
• grains
• peanuts
• strains
• granules
• particles
• tastes
• atoms
• mites
• touches
• dots
• specks
• streaks
• rays
• mouthfuls
• aces
• scraps
• traces
• licks
• drams
• pinches
• sprinkles
• scruples
• dabs
• hints
• suspicions
• flecks
• crumbs
• nips
• pieces
• motes
• shreds
• pittances
• glimmers
• sections
• portions
• driblets
• sprinklings
• drops
• little
• shots
• dashes
• smidgens
• nubbins
• morsels
• flyspecks
• whits
• scintillas
• iotas
• jots
• modicums
• tittles
• shortages
• absences
• smatterings
• lacks
• smatters
• deficiencies
• wants
• deficits
• famines
• scarcities
• inadequacies
• insufficiencies
• dearths
• poverties
• undersupplies
• paucities

3

as in bellies

an enlarged or bulging abdomen

vowed that he would never get a pot, that telltale sign of middle age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bellies
• stomachs
• corporations
• bay windows
• potbellies
• paunches
• obesities
• beer bellies
• guts
• fat
• tummies
• breadbaskets
• overweights
• corpulences

pots

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of pot

as in seeds

Related Words

• seeds
• plants
• drills
• transplants
• replants
• puts in
• sows
• beds
• broadcasts
• reseeds
• scatters
• overseeds

Dissimilar Words

• gathers
• reaps
• harvests

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pots

Noun

The bets were small, committed to memory to avoid scrutiny from teachers and administrators, with pots of around $20 settled at the end of the week. — Ben Paviour august 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026

The inn’s narrow corridors are lined with huge treasure chests, large scrolls, rows of pots; the furniture is constructed without nails. — Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026

For example, potted plants must be in noncombustible pots and easily movable. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

Fishermen haul up cages with lobsters ready for steaming pots, buttery rolls, and rich chowder. — Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026

Avoid using plant saucers or trays outdoors and don’t place rocks or other solid objects in the base of plant pots. — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 10 Aug. 2026

Hancock recommends using a gritty baking soda paste to scrub plant pots and gardening tools that have soil or debris caked on. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 10 Aug. 2026

When growing Skyscraper® Senecio in pots, fast-draining soil is essential. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2026

In several municipalities, particularly in Havana, residents staged neighborhood protests after blackouts lasting more than 48 hours, banging pots and pans and burning garbage piled up on street corners. — Andrea Rodriguez, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026