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Synonyms & Antonyms of slew
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- we still have a slew of work to do on this project
Synonyms for slew
- abundance,
- barrel,
- basketful,
- boatload,
- bucket,
- bunch,
- bundle,
- bushel,
- carload,
- chunk,
- deal,
- dozen,
- fistful,
- gobs,
- good deal,
- heap,
- hundred,
- lashings
- (also lashins)
- [chiefly British],
- loads,
- lot,
- mass,
- mess,
- mountain,
- much,
- multiplicity,
- myriad,
- oodles,
- pack,
- passel,
- peck,
- pile,
- plateful,
- plenitude,
- plentitude,
- plenty,
- pot,
- potful,
- profusion,
- quantity,
- raft,
- reams,
- scads,
- sheaf,
- shipload,
- sight,
- spate,
- stack,
- store,
- ton,
- truckload,
- volume,
- wad,
- wealth,
- yard
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of slew (Entry 2 of 2)
- millions have been slain worldwide by this dreadful disease
Synonyms for slew
- carried off,
- claimed,
- croaked
- [slang],
- destroyed,
- did in,
- dispatched,
- felled,
- killed,
- took
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- bumped off,
- butchered,
- cut down,
- finished,
- got,
- iced
- [slang],
- knocked off,
- murdered,
- neutralized,
- offed
- [slang],
- put away,
- rubbed out,
- scragged,
- snuffed,
- took out,
- wasted,
- whacked
- [slang]
- euthanized
- (also euthanatized),
- put down
Phrases Synonymous with slew
- did away with,
- did for
- [chiefly British],
- made away with
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- vowed to slay without mercy whoever was responsible for murdering his family
Synonyms for slew
- assassinated,
- bumped off,
- croaked
- [slang],
- did in,
- dispatched,
- executed,
- got,
- iced
- [slang],
- knocked off,
- liquidated,
- murdered,
- neutralized,
- offed
- [slang],
- put away,
- rubbed out,
- snuffed,
- terminated,
- took out,
- whacked
- [slang]
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The first known use of slew was circa 1769
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