assload

9 synonyms and 2 antonyms for assload, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Noun — (informal) The amount that a donkey can carry.

Synonyms

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

abundance

Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

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Synonyms by Meaning

1. noun

(informal) A very large amount of something.

“I'm due an assload of credits and I'll die before I can get 'em! Who do I talk to?”

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Opposites

smidgen modicum

2. noun

(vulgar, informal) An amount stored inside someone's bottom.

“The smugglers thought they could get away with bringing an assload of heroin balloons on board the aircraft.”

buttload

Etymology

Sense 1 is from ass + load and is old; sense 3 is from ass + load and is newer; sense 2 came from sense 1 but is often synchronically reanalyzed as coming from sense 3.

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