Battery — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Battery (noun) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. a number of things considered as a unit

   "a battery of tests to determine the cause of the medical disorder"

   similar: array, assemblage, band, bank, batch, block, bunch, clot, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, passel, set, suite, the whole kit and caboodle
   related: accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomeration, agglomeration, assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, mixture, odds and ends, sundries, variety, cycle, run, series, suit
   near: entity, item, single, unit

2. a usually small number of persons considered as a unit

   "a battery of specialists worked on the problem until it was fixed"

   similar: array, band, batch, body, boodle, bunch, cluster, clutch, consort, constellation, crop, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, parcel, party, passel, the whole kit and caboodle
   related: assembly, collective, congregation, gathering, muster, organization, circle, clan, clique, coterie, fellowship, gang, ring, round, set, faction, guild, order, school, sect, brigade, crew, outfit, phalanx, platoon, posse, task force, team, alliance, bloc, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, league, union, battalion, squadron, bevy, brood, covey
   near: individual, single