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mass

noun
  1. A separate and distinct portion of matter: body, bulk, object. See matter
  2. A quantity accumulated: accumulation, aggregation, amassment, assemblage, collection, congeries, cumulation, gathering. See collect
  3. A group of things gathered haphazardly: agglomeration, bank 1, cumulus, drift, heap, hill, mess, mound, mountain, pile, shock 2, stack, tumble. See order
  4. A great deal: abundance, mountain, much, plenty, profusion, wealth, world. Informal: barrel, heap, lot, pack, peck 2, pile. Regional: power, sight. See big
  5. An enormous number of persons gathered together: crowd, crush, drove, flock, horde, mob, multitude, press, ruck 1, swarm, throng. See big, group
  6. A very large number of things grouped together: army, cloud, crowd, drove, flock, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, ruck 1, score (used in plural), swarm, throng. See big, group
  7. The greatest part or portion: bulk, preponderance, preponderancy, weight. See big
  8. Great extent, amount, or dimension: amplitude, bulk, magnitude, size, volume (often used in plural). See big
  9. The common people. Used in plural: common (used in plural), commonality, commonalty, commoner (used in plural), crowd, hoi polloi, mob, pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), populace, public, ruck 1, third estate. See over
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