1. A grouping of a number of similar things
   "a bunch of trees";
   - clump, cluster, clustering
    
2. Any collection in its entirety
   "she bought the whole bunch";
   - lot, caboodle [informal]
    
3. An informal body of friends
   "he still hangs out with the same bunch";
   - crowd, crew, gang
    
4. [informal] (often followed by ‘of’) a large number, amount or extent
   "a bunch of letters";
   - batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile [informal], plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack [informal], tidy sum, wad, scad [N. Amer, informal]

1. Gather or cause to gather into a cluster
   "She bunched her fingers into a fist";
   - bundle, cluster, clump
    
2. Form into a bunch
   "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom";
   - bunch together, bunch up

Derived forms: bunched, bunches, bunching

Type of: accumulation, agglomeration, aggregation, assemblage, clump, cluster, collection, constellate, flock, form, gathering, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity

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