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Synonyms for bunch

Most common

pack gang pocket crowd batch assortment clump gaggle

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Gang — an informal body of friends

gang, pack, pac US, circle

2. Pocket — an unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock

pocket, nest, kidney

3. Cluster — A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together

cluster, group

4. Caboodle

lot, caboodle informal

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

    a bunch of yobs on a street corner

  2. n. 2

    An informal body of friends.

    He still hangs out with the same bunch.

  3. n. 3

    An unusual concentration of ore in a lode or a small, discontinuous occurrence or patch of ore in the wallrock.

  4. n. 4

    The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.

Forms

Plural
bunches → gangs, packs, circles, pockets…

Example sentences

  • pack Tom usually carries a bottle of water in his pack.
  • gang A gang of three robbed the bank in broad daylight.
  • pocket Tom rolled up the string and put it in his pocket.
  • crowd The crowd protested against racial discrimination.
  • batch We have received the first trial batch of vaccine.
  • assortment Tonight, we'll have an assortment for dinner.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bunchrising
packrising
gangrising
pocketrising
crowdrising
batchsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
lot1, set1, pac1
4 letters
pack1, crew1, gang1, nest1, lump1
5 letters
group1, crowd1, squad1, batch1, flock1, hunch1, clump1
6 letters
circle2, pocket2, kidney2, gaggle2
7 letters
cluster2
8 letters
caboodle3
10 letters
collection3, assortment3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (circle2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
grappe
Italiano
grappolo
Español
racimo
Deutsch
Traube
Català
raïm