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Synonyms of mass in English

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noun

1‘a thick soggy mass of fallen leaves’

SYNONYMS

pile, heap, stack, clump, cloud, bunch, bundle, lump

concentration, conglomeration, accumulation, aggregation, concretion, accretion, assemblage, collection, stockpile, build-up

rare amassment

2‘a mass of cyclists’

SYNONYMS

large number, abundance, profusion, multitude, group, crowd, mob, rabble, horde, barrage, throng, huddle, host, troop, army, herd, flock, drove, swarm, pack, press, crush, mountain, flood

3‘the mass of people voted against’

SYNONYMS

majority, larger number, larger part, greater number, greater part, best part, better part, major part, most, bulk, main body, preponderance, almost all, lion's share

4the masses

SYNONYMS

the common people, the populace, the public, the people, the multitude, the rank and file, the crowd, the commonalty, the commonality, the third estate, the plebeians

derogatory the hoi polloi, the mob, the proletariat, the common herd, the rabble, the riff-raff, the canaille, the great unwashed, the ragtag, the ragtag and bobtail, the proles, the plebs

ANTONYMS

elite, oligarchy

5‘one tenth of the mass of the star’

SYNONYMS

weight, size, magnitude, bulk, dimensions, capacity, density, extent, scope, greatness, bigness, hugeness, amount, matter