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Nov 8, 2009
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Synonyms for lot

Noun

1. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew, large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
usage: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
2. lot, tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
usage: a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake"
3. fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion, condition
usage: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
4. bunch, lot, caboodle, collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
usage: any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"
5. set, circle, band, lot, social group
usage: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
6. draw, lot, object, physical object
usage: anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"
7. Lot, Jew, Hebrew, Israelite
usage: (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction

Verb

1. lot, divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
usage: divide into lots, as of land, for example
2. distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out, give
usage: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"
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