oodles

oo·dles
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/ˈuːd(ə)lz/

noun

unspecified large amount, number, or quantity; lots, tons.

UncommonScrabble 7

Meanings

oodles1

nounoodles pl (normally plural, singular oodle)

singular oodle

  1. informalpluralplural normallyunspecified large amount, number, or quantity; lots, tons.

    Minimalist yet soothing décor, private pools and steam rooms […] and simply oodles of class make this one of the island's top choices. Honeymoon, anyone?

    2008, Andrew Burke et al., Thailand’s Islands & Beaches, 6th edition, Footscray, Vic.: Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 323
    1 more example

    "Along the lake where I went camping once there were oodles of a bright purple thing." / "I don't know what that was," my mother said. "I've never lived near the water. The purplest thing around here is joe-pye weed. We can look him up and see if he has any relatives. Come to think of it, the book had a color index."

    1965, John Updike, Of the Farm, Ipswitch edition, London: André Deutsch, published April 1973, →ISBN, page 121

    Synonyms: abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, brimful, busload · Antonyms: ace, atom, thought, atomy, aught, bissel, continental, bit

oodles2

noun
  1. pluralplural of oodle

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

nouna large number or amount

Broader
large indefinite quantitylarge indefinite amount

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Uncertain; perhaps from scadoodles (“unspecified large amount, number, or quantity”) (US, slang) (although the Oxford English Dictionary notes this is attested slightly later), or from boodle (“whole collection or lot”) (US, dialectal), caboodle (“large collection of people or things”) (US, slang) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum).

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Translations

Czech spousty, moře
  • spoustyunspecified large amount, number, or quantity — see also lots
  • mořeunspecified large amount, number, or quantity — see also lots
  • kvantaunspecified large amount, number, or quantity — see also lots
French foultitude, un tas (de)
  • foultitudeunspecified large amount, number, or quantity — see also lots
  • un tas (de)unspecified large amount, number, or quantity — see also lots
Hungarian rengeteg, tömérdek
  • rengetegunspecified large amount, number, or quantity — see also lots
  • tömérdekunspecified large amount, number, or quantity — see also lots
  • temérdekunspecified large amount, number, or quantity — see also lots
  • rahedliunspecified large amount, number, or quantity — see also lots
Polish masa, mnóstwo
  • masaunspecified large amount, number, or quantity — see also lots
  • mnóstwounspecified large amount, number, or quantity — see also lots
Swedish mängder, massor
  • mängderunspecified large amount, number, or quantity — see also lots
  • massorunspecified large amount, number, or quantity — see also lots
  • tonvisunspecified large amount, number, or quantity — see also lots

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with oodles

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Cite this entry
APA

oodles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oodles

MLA

“oodles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oodles. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oodles,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oodles.

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