/ Thesaurus / B Synonyms of barrels Find synonyms for: Noun1. barrels, large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amountusage: the amount that many barrels might holdNoun1. barrels, large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amountusage: a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired2. barrel, gun barrel, tube, tubingusage: a cylindrical container that holds liquids3. barrel, cask, vesselusage: a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends4. barrel, drum, cylinderusage: the quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold5. barrel, barrelful, containerfulusage: any of various units of capacity; "a barrel of beer is 31 gallons and a barrel of oil is 42 gallons"Verb1. barrel, put, set, place, pose, position, layusage: put in barrelsWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: secular Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language