passels

Whole lots of

Passels is the plural of passel, an informal word for a large group or quantity: passels of kids running through the yard, passels of problems to solve.

The word is a dialect alteration of parcel and carries a folksy, rural tone.

It appears most often in American Southern and Midwestern speech.

quantity

bunch

Grouped collection of items

  • batchQuantity produced together
  • heapJumbled collection of items
  • loadCarried weight or burden

lots · oodles · scads · slew · tons · gobs · dozens · scores · piles · stacks

informal

crew

Working team aboard

  • gangOrganized criminal group
  • posseArmed group pursuing fugitives
  • squadSmall working group

pack · mob · horde · clique · coterie · bevy · gaggle · mess · kit and caboodle · whole bunch

grouping

cluster

Gathered group nearby

gathering · assemblage · aggregation · assortment · bundle · accumulation · grouping · set · array · lot

Opposites
quantity

passelsfew

Small in number

none · handful · smattering · scarcity · dearth

precision of measurement

passelsstatistics

Collected numerical information

data points

Family

passel

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