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mass

/mæs/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable

Mass means: (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent.

Synonyms for mass40

noun, as in (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent

batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel
and 12 more, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

noun, as in the common people generally

multitude, masses, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed

noun, as in the property of something that is great in magnitude

bulk, volume

adjective, as in formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole

aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, collective

also used for mass

lump, round up, weigh

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does mass mean?11

noun

1

(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent“a batch of letters”

2

the common people generally“separate the warriors from the mass”

3

the property of something that is great in magnitude“it is cheaper to buy it in bulk”

4

(Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist

5

a musical setting for a Mass“they played a Mass composed by Beethoven”

6

a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite“the priest said Mass”

7

the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

8

an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

9

a body of matter without definite shape“a huge ice mass”

adjective

1

formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole“aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year”

verb

1

join together into a mass or collect or form a mass“Crowds were massing outside the palace”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with mass?18

one syllable

classpassgasassglassgrassbassbrasssasbrasraslasssasscrass

two syllables

alassurpassharassimpasse
Show 40 near rhymes
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Mass in a sentence

  • Length, mass and time are the three fundamental quantities in physics.lucasmg123
  • Fatally, the city’s governor allowed public festivities and mass gatherings to continue.Hybrid
  • Each time the mass density is increased, its weight increases.BilalBouy
  • Her body was buried in a mass grave, and her personal belongings were burned.pip
  • The overwhelming majority of mass shooters could pass a psychiatric evaluation, and many did.shekitten
  • Recognizing its ecological responsibility, the car manufacturer began mass production of rafts.Miktsoanit
  • Newspapers, television, and radio are called the mass media.CK
  • The sun, although shy managed to pierce the mass of clouds.LoverofEnglish

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of mass

as a noun

plural
masses

as a verb

past tense
massed
present participle
massing
third-person singular
masses
past participle
massed