Masses — synonyms, definition

1. masses (Noun) Brit

Deals batches body bulks bunches company crowd dozens flocks gobs good deal* great deal* hatfuls heaps hoi polloi lashings loads lots many mass • • •

masses (Noun) — The common people generally. ex. "separate the warriors from the masses"

masses (Noun) — A large number or amount.

masses (Noun) — The property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field.

masses (Noun) — (often followed by 'of') a large number, amount or extent. ex. "a mass of letters"

masses (Noun) — An ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people).

masses (Noun) — A body of matter without definite shape. ex. "a huge ice mass"

masses (Noun) — The property of something that is great in magnitude. ex. "he received a mass of correspondence"

masses (Noun) — A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball.

accumulations aggregations assemblages bodies collections fundamental measure* fundamental quantity* group grouping large indefinite amount large indefinite quantity magnitudes physical property* shots strokes atomic mass* atomic weight* audience biomasses bodies bulks coproliths critical mass* deluges dollar volume* drifts faecaliths fecaliths floods followers following gravitational mass* haymows inertial mass* inundations • • • billiardses pocket billiards* pools

2. masses (Verb) Brit

masses (Verb) — Join together into a mass, collect or form a mass. ex. "Crowds were massing outside the palace"

crowds crowds together presses