Synonyms of bunch

bunch 1 of 2

noun

ˈbənch 

1

as in crowd

a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially

that bunch goes out to lunch together every Friday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crowd
• pack
• network
• community
• gang
• clique
• circle
• lot
• clan
• organization
• coven
• fold
• body
• coterie
• club
• set
• tribe
• ring
• guild
• commune
• society
• faction
• fraternity
• elite
• squad
• league
• klatch
• galère
• klatsch
• camp
• college
• coalition
• in-group
• side
• closed shop
• brotherhood
• sect
• sorority
• mess
• bloc
• union
• charmed circle
• federation
• gild
• sisterhood
• fellowship
• alliance
• confederation
• council
• order
• congress
• sodality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individualist
• loner

2

as in batch

a number of things considered as a unit

bought a bunch of grapes

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unit
• item
• entity
• single

3

as in group

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

a small bunch of people were sent to clean up the place

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individual
• single

4

as in projection

a part that sticks out from the general mass of something

a bunch in the blanket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• projection
• section
• piece
• portion
• dome
• swell
• bulge
• protuberance
• overhang
• convexity
• protrusion
• jut
• block
• expansion
• lump
• knot
• snag
• knob
• blob
• mound
• puff
• swelling
• hill
• bump
• dilatation
• nub
• hump
• increase
• escalation
• gibbosity
• enlargement
• obtrusion
• knurl

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pit
• well
• cavity
• depression
• hollow
• valley
• hole
• bowl
• dent
• recess
• indentation
• crater
• indenture
• basin
• dip
• impression
• pocket
• dint
• concave
• trough
• groove
• trench
• concavity
• indent
• furrow
• notch
• gouge
• dimple

5

as in dozen

a considerable amount

I have a bunch of thoughts on the matter, so grab a notepad

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

bunch

2 of 2

verb

1

as in to poke

to extend outward beyond a usual point

the dress bunches a bit at the waist

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poke
• protrude
• bulge
• stand out
• project
• swell
• stick out
• jut
• pouch
• beetle
• balloon
• pooch
• billow
• bag
• start
• overhang
• pout
• dome
• belly
• stretch
• extend
• mushroom
• snowball
• inflate
• blow up
• lengthen
• elongate
• expand
• dilate
• distend

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shrink
• contract
• compress
• condense
• constrict

2

as in to crowd

to gather into a closely packed group

the slow service caused the customers at the pick-up counter to bunch up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crowd
• huddle
• pile
• cluster
• flock
• swarm
• assemble
• herd
• press
• mob
• conglomerate
• throng
• collect
• converge
• surround
• congregate
• concentrate
• convene
• hug
• foregather
• forgather
• encircle
• concenter
• embrace

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• split (up)
• disperse
• break up
• disband

Examples of bunch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Ciara, Drake, Anne Hathaway, Demi Moore, Julia Roberts, Katy Perry, Kendall Jenner, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Gosling and Winona Ryder Scorpio, the intense and mysterious Water sign of the Fixed bunch, embodies the essence of transformation and emotional depth. —Valerie Mesa, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024

Some states are in line with certain federal practices, and then some states are doing a bunch of incoherent, illogical things. —Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024

Verb

Drive, Menu, and Plus and Minus controls are bunched together toward the bottom. —PCMAG, 12 Sep. 2024

Four of these players are bunched between 125-138 hits to lead the club through Sunday’s games. —Tony Blengino, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024