bunch

Examples

• All

• And you've got yourself a new granny and a bunch of other kin to boot.

  Fiction book (1990)

• And then he found out what happened, and he just thought we were a bunch of hypocrites.

  Of Things Past (2023)

• Value is based on what a bunch of people think value is.

• So you have a whole bunch of people to call, right?

• I sat in the room with a bunch of heroes.

• To the outside world, the perception is that we are all a bunch of criminals.

  Academic text (2005)

• Oh, hey, there's a bunch of our friends right there.

• Once, the old man was telling the whole bunch of us Coyote stories.

  Academic text (1999)

• Are we an insurance company, or just a bunch of dimwitted amateurs... to write a policy on a mug like that?

  Double Indemnity (1944)

• I met a bunch of friends at the coffee shop to catch up.

Synonyms

L

lot

vsbunch

656 1.0

A group of people or things considered together

is more informal and implies social closeness rather than mere collection

P

pack

vsbunch

320 1.0

A group of animals or people who act together

is social and informal rather than organized for a particular purpose

C

circle

vsbunch

318 3.3

A group of people with shared interests

focuses more on close personal relations rather than shared interest

G

gang

vsbunch

301 2.2

A group of people who work together on a job

is more personal and friendly in tone than this neutral grouping

C

crowd

vsbunch

• Informal

291 2.0

A group of friends someone often spends time with

is equally informal but used more broadly for any small group

C

crew

vsbunch

• Informal

282 3.5

A group of friends who spend time together regularly

is a looser, more general informal term for any small group

G

group of friends

vsbunch

28 1.3

People who like each other and spend time together

is a casual, informal label for such a collection rather than formal term

B

buncho

vsbunch

• Slang

1 9.9

A large number of things or people

is specifically an informal name for a small social group, often friends

P

posse of friends

vsbunch

• Slang

4.6

A small group of friends who regularly hang out together

is the broader casual word for a similar group without the team sense

P

possie

vsbunch

• Slang

9.9

A small group of friends who meet and spend time together

is a more general informal name for a collection rather than a circle

Antonyms

I

individual

∞ 2.3

A single person or animal regarded separately from a group

L

loner

79 4.2

A person who prefers to be alone and avoids spending time with others

Idioms

G

to get one's panties in a bunch

• Informal

4 9.9

To become too upset about a small problem

T

thanks a bunch

• Informal

4 7.7

An informal way of saying thank you very much

B

best of the bunch

• Informal

3 3.0

The person or thing that is better than all others in a group

Compounds

B

bunch grass

• Specialized

6.6

Grasses that grow in separate clumps instead of in one continuous area

B

bunch of bullbleep

• Offensive

9.9

Talk that is false and hard to believe

B

bunch of presstitutes

• Offensive

9.9

An insulting phrase for journalists seen as biased and working for powerful people

How Many

throng

28 5.9

crowd

∞ 1.0

bunch

• Informal

∞ 1.4

pair

889 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology