passel
noun
pas·sel ˈpa-səl 
: a large number or amount
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Passel and Parcel
Loss of the sound of "r" after a vowel and before a consonant in the middle of a word is common in spoken English. This linguistic idiosyncrasy has given the language a few new words, including cuss from curse, bust from burst, and passel from parcel.
Synonyms
- array
- assemblage
- band
- bank
- batch
- battery
- block
- bunch
- clot
- clump
- cluster
- clutch
- collection
- constellation
- group
- grouping
- huddle
- knot
- lot
- muster
- package
- parcel
- set
- suite
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Example Sentences
reporters had a whole passel of questions for the new basketball coach the young couple helped a passel of students in the span of a few years
Recent Examples on the Web Ann knocked on the door, which was opened by a teenage girl flanked by a passel of astonished children, then their mother. 
Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 20 May 2022 Employees and users alike would flee the wreckage for greener pastures, leaving nothing behind but a passel of right-wingers and Elon himself. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 July 2022 The clip is part of a passel of special features on the new 4k Ultra HD release of The Godfather trilogy. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2022 The show, which was recently nominated for a passel of Tony Awards, features a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage. Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2022 Rounding out the household are a cat, a passel of goats and horses (one, retired from the N.Y.P.D., is named Officer Herman), and a sheepdog rescue. Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022 Most fail, but the rare successes can more than make up for a passel of losers. Michael Liedtke, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2022 Imagine being the eldest of 15 children, the first girl followed by five brothers and then a passel of more children. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2022 As Corleone family consigliere Tom Hagen, Duvall shared many scenes with Brando, an acting legend among a passel of young newcomers. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2022 See More
Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 20 May 2022 Employees and users alike would flee the wreckage for greener pastures, leaving nothing behind but a passel of right-wingers and Elon himself. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 July 2022 The clip is part of a passel of special features on the new 4k Ultra HD release of The Godfather trilogy. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2022 The show, which was recently nominated for a passel of Tony Awards, features a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage. Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2022 Rounding out the household are a cat, a passel of goats and horses (one, retired from the N.Y.P.D., is named Officer Herman), and a sheepdog rescue. Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022 Most fail, but the rare successes can more than make up for a passel of losers. Michael Liedtke, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2022 Imagine being the eldest of 15 children, the first girl followed by five brothers and then a passel of more children. Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2022 As Corleone family consigliere Tom Hagen, Duvall shared many scenes with Brando, an acting legend among a passel of young newcomers. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
alteration of parcel
First Known Use
1835, in the meaning defined above
passels
noun
1
as in clusters
a number of things considered as a unit reporters had a whole passel of questions for the new basketball coach Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- clusters
- batches
- collections
- arrays
- groups
- bunches
- groupings
- lots
- sets
- assemblages
- constellations
- packages
- batteries
- clumps
- series
- banks
- varieties
- blocks
- assortments
- suites
- the whole kit and caboodle
- bands
- mixtures
- clutches
- parcels
- huddles
- clots
- musters
- accumulations
- knots
- aggregates
- odds and ends
- suits
- aggregations
- runs
- sundries
- jumbles
- hodgepodges
- agglomerations
- miscellanies
- cycles
- conglomerations
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- items
- units
- entities
- singles
2
as in groups
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit the young couple helped a passel of students in the span of a few years Synonyms & Similar Words
- groups
- groupings
- batches
- clusters
- bands
- bunches
- lots
- crops
- batteries
- arrays
- the whole kit and caboodle
- teams
- parties
- crews
- task forces
- clutches
- boodles
- platoons
- bodies
- constellations
- organizations
- consorts
- circles
- schools
- gatherings
- parcels
- huddles
- collectives
- battalions
- squadrons
- knots
- rounds
- posses
- brigades
- assemblies
- congregations
- gangs
- sets
- factions
- cliques
- fellowships
- gilds
- coteries
- clans
- rings
- outfits
- sects
- guilds
- musters
- unions
- confederacies
- phalanxes
- federations
- coalitions
- blocs
- coveys
- alliances
- orders
- confederations
- phalanges
- leagues
- broods
- bevies
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- individuals
- singles
3
as in loads
a considerable amount a whole passel of unauthorized software on his computer Synonyms & Similar Words
- loads
- plenties
- tons
- deals
- piles
- wealths
- chunks
- hundred
- quantities
- slews
- hundreds
- bunches
- dozens
- dozen
- bundles
- lots
- rafts
- lashins
- masses
- stacks
- good deals
- abundances
- potfuls
- plenitudes
- myriads
- much
- buckets
- basketfuls
- yards
- mountains
- volumes
- all kinds (of)
- bushels
- quite a bit
- heaps
- basketsful
- pecks
- platefuls
- fistfuls
- gobs
- pots
- reams
- packs
- scads
- shiploads
- stores
- barrels
- multiplicities
- truckloads
- sights
- wads
- oodles
- boatloads
- carloads
- profusions
- plentitudes
- lashings
- sheaves
- spates
- messes
- floods
- thousands
- rashes
- plagues
- excesses
- millions
- superabundances
- plethoras
- million
- surpluses
- multitudes
- epidemics
- scores
- seas
- surfeits
- oversupplies
- hosts
- swarms
- embarrassments
- hordes
- overmuch
- redundancies
- overkills
- overabundances
- overflows
- overages
- superfluities
- bonanzas
- flocks
- armies
- crushes
- throngs
- bevies
- deluges
- crowds
- trillions
- herds
- legions
- mobs
- presses
- crams
- droves
- zillions
- gazillions
- jillions
- kazillions
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- shadows
- shades
- spots
- molecules
- tastes
- fragments
- touches
- strains
- ounces
- peanuts
- atoms
- particles
- bits
- rays
- suspicions
- hints
- streaks
- specks
- scruples
- grains
- traces
- licks
- dots
- granules
- smidgeons
- sprinkles
- mites
- mouthfuls
- nips
- scraps
- glimmers
- dabs
- flecks
- shreds
- drams
- pinches
- sprinklings
- little
- driblets
- aces
- crumbs
- smidgins
- modicums
- pittances
- scintillas
- motes
- drops
- pieces
- sections
- nubbins
- smatters
- portions
- shots
- dashes
- handfuls
- flyspecks
- handsful
- smidgens
- whits
- smidges
- morsels
- shortages
- lacks
- jots
- iotas
- tittles
- deficiencies
- absences
- smatterings
- wants
- deficits
- inadequacies
- undersupplies
- famines
- scarcities
- paucities
- insufficiencies
- poverties
- dearths
- open fracture
- open frame
- open furrow
- open fuse
- open gait
- open gate
- open grain
- open harmony
- open hawse
- open hole
- open house
- open ice
- open interest
- open internal juncture
- open investigation
- open invitation
- open joint
- open juncture
- open letter
- open letters
- open loop
- open market
- open marriage
- open mic
- open mike