Synonyms for bucket
ˈbʌk ɪtbuck·et

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1. bucketnoun

   Synonyms:
   pail, scoop, banger, jalopy, rustbucket, vane, blade

2. bucketnoun

   A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.

   I need a bucket to carry the water from the well.

   Synonyms:
   blade, vane, scoop, rustbucket, jalopy, pail, banger

3. bucketnoun

   To rain heavily.

   The horse drank a whole bucket of water.

   Synonyms:
   pail, vane, rustbucket, blade, jalopy, scoop, banger, chuck it down, piss down, rain cats and dogs

4. bucketnoun

   Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket.

   Synonyms:
   scoop, jalopy, blade, rustbucket, whizz, rocket, speed, shoot, hurtle, banger, vane, pail

5. bucketnoun

   An old car that is not in good working order.

   Synonyms:
   jalopy, scoop, blade, vane, rustbucket, pail, banger

6. bucketnoun

   The basket.

   The forward drove to the bucket.

   Synonyms:
   rustbucket, blade, vane, scoop, jalopy, pail, banger

7. bucketnoun

   A field goal.

   We can't keep giving up easy buckets.

   Synonyms:
   rustbucket, banger, pail, scoop, blade, jalopy, vane

8. bucketnoun

   A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.

   Synonyms:
   banger, blade, jalopy, pail, scoop, rustbucket, vane

9. bucketnoun

   A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.

   Synonyms:
   rustbucket, jalopy, blade, scoop, pail, banger, vane

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bucket, pailnoun

   a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

   Synonyms:
   bucketful, pail, pailful

2. bucket, bucketfulverb

   the quantity contained in a bucket

   Synonyms:
   bucketful, pail

3. bucketverb

   put into a bucket

4. bucketverb

   carry in a bucket

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1. junkie

   a general term for a drug addict that has no control of their habit

   that bucket just tried to rip me off so they could get their fix

   Submitted by anonymous on May 18, 2021  

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "bucket":

   pail, seau, cube, basket, hub, block, network, agassiz, period, seal, shovel, dumpster

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How to use bucket in a sentence?

1. Anna Wurtzburger:

   I came home and said, ‘Where’s the chicken?’ I thought I was going to have a couple of meals, they say it feeds the whole family … They’re showing a bucket that’s overflowing with chicken.

2. Denise Bowden:

   Our citizens do not pay a fire tax, they are used to drinking from the ground. When you take one home, you need to put the bucket on the ground.

3. Gulfport Police Department -RRB- Woodman:

   Inside the mini-bus, officers found a bin of mostly perishable food that had been left unrefrigerated. There was a five-gallon bucket near the front door that was designated as a makeshift toilet and a propane tank inside the passenger area. The children had no clothing other than what they were wearing.

4. Sonia Dost:

   It was on my bucket list, i love it. There are so many people.

5. Marquese Chriss:

   He showed his ability to go get a bucket when he needs to, day in and day out, while keeping everybody involved, some people can score but get away from the offense and get away from having their teammates be themselves as well.