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单词 boatloads
释义

boatload

noun

boat·​load ˈbōt-ˌlōd How to pronounce boatload (audio)
1
: a load that fills a boat
a boatload of passengers
2
: an indefinitely large number or amount
a boatload of criticism
a boatload of money

Synonyms

  • abundance
  • barrel
  • basketful
  • bucket
  • bunch
  • bundle
  • bushel
  • carload
  • chunk
  • deal
  • dozen
  • fistful
  • gobs
  • good deal
  • heap
  • hundred
  • lashings [chiefly British]
  • lashins
  • 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
  • slew
  • spate
  • stack
  • store
  • ton
  • truckload
  • volume
  • wad
  • wealth
  • yard
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Example Sentences

a boatload of publicity for the new handheld devices
Recent Examples on the Web Between now and then, the firm is going to make a boatload of money—and pay it to us! Brett Owens, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022 Launching a formidable streamer means spending a boatload on content, technology and marketing. Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022 The average annual salary of $29.3 million represented a boatload of money, but wouldn’t even put him in the top 10 salaries in baseball this year. Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 28 July 2022 On paper, bringing in either Gargano or Cesaro sounds like a fantastic idea, but AEW’s roster is already log-jammed with so many wrestlers, including a boatload of former WWE stars. Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 26 June 2022 Enjoy raw bar, whole Maine lobster, crab boil and a boatload of other seafood specials, plus live music, beer and more. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2022 Caught in the crossfire is her friend's young daughter, who's devoured by the demon, leaving Constantin with nothing but her severed arm and a boatload of trauma. Alex Raiman, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2022 Wishing the best brother, a boatload of blessings today and always. Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 21 July 2022 By now, the midterms look like a fait accompli: Republicans will gain a boatload of seats and probably win majorities in both chambers of Congress. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 30 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1

boatloads

noun

plural of boatload
as in tons
a considerable amount a boatload of publicity for the new handheld devices

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • tons
  • loads
  • piles
  • slews
  • lots
  • hundreds
  • bunches
  • dozens
  • hundred
  • chunks
  • dozen
  • wealths
  • quantities
  • bundles
  • deals
  • rafts
  • truckloads
  • scads
  • oodles
  • gobs
  • plenties
  • stacks
  • shiploads
  • much
  • heaps
  • masses
  • myriads
  • basketfuls
  • reams
  • fistfuls
  • buckets
  • bushels
  • carloads
  • wads
  • abundances
  • platefuls
  • barrels
  • packs
  • yards
  • volumes
  • sheaves
  • mountains
  • pots
  • lashings
  • stores
  • pecks
  • profusions
  • thousands
  • sights
  • spates
  • messes
  • potfuls
  • good deals
  • quite a bit
  • plenitudes
  • multiplicities
  • all kinds (of)
  • plentitudes
  • millions
  • basketsful
  • lashins
  • multitudes
  • million
  • floods
  • passels
  • surpluses
  • plagues
  • zillions
  • hordes
  • surfeits
  • rashes
  • seas
  • trillions
  • epidemics
  • bonanzas
  • swarms
  • excesses
  • gazillions
  • scores
  • oversupplies
  • overmuch
  • legions
  • bevies
  • throngs
  • deluges
  • plethoras
  • flocks
  • overages
  • superfluities
  • armies
  • crowds
  • embarrassments
  • crams
  • droves
  • hosts
  • overabundances
  • overflows
  • redundancies
  • superabundances
  • kazillions
  • jillions
  • herds
  • crushes
  • overkills
  • mobs
  • presses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • ounces
  • bits
  • hints
  • peanuts
  • spots
  • little
  • shades
  • specks
  • grains
  • glimmers
  • molecules
  • tastes
  • shadows
  • traces
  • strains
  • rays
  • fragments
  • scruples
  • mouthfuls
  • touches
  • particles
  • handfuls
  • scraps
  • streaks
  • flecks
  • sprinklings
  • sprinkles
  • drams
  • atoms
  • suspicions
  • mites
  • licks
  • driblets
  • shreds
  • dabs
  • pinches
  • pittances
  • aces
  • dots
  • crumbs
  • smidgens
  • granules
  • handsful
  • nips
  • pieces
  • smidges
  • motes
  • smidgeons
  • nubbins
  • drops
  • sections
  • iotas
  • shots
  • lacks
  • morsels
  • dashes
  • smatterings
  • portions
  • shortages
  • smidgins
  • flyspecks
  • tittles
  • whits
  • modicums
  • scintillas
  • jots
  • wants
  • scarcities
  • smatters
  • deficiencies
  • absences
  • deficits
  • famines
  • inadequacies
  • dearths
  • insufficiencies
  • paucities
  • undersupplies
  • poverties
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