Synonyms of wads

wads 1 of 2

noun

plural of wad

1

as in loads

a considerable amount

a starlet who usually gets a big wad of publicity for her nonstop antics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• tons
• piles
• chunks
• bundles
• bunches
• quantities
• lots
• rafts
• hundreds
• deals
• dozen
• slews
• stacks
• dozens
• wealths
• gobs
• plenties
• fistfuls
• masses
• abundances
• heaps
• buckets
• bushels
• reams
• scads
• truckloads
• barrels
• oodles
• boatloads
• myriads
• all kinds (of)
• sheaves
• volumes
• shiploads
• hundred
• packs
• yards
• carloads
• pots
• pecks
• mountains
• quite a bit
• basketfuls
• much
• platefuls
• sights
• stores
• multiplicities
• messes
• lashings
• profusions
• good deals
• potfuls
• basketsful
• lashins
• plenitudes
• thousands
• millions
• spates
• plentitudes
• floods
• passels
• surpluses
• rashes
• multitudes
• excesses
• seas
• plagues
• million
• scores
• hordes
• epidemics
• trillions
• swarms
• bonanzas
• embarrassments
• overages
• overmuch
• superfluities
• flocks
• hosts
• armies
• zillions
• redundancies
• throngs
• crowds
• surfeits
• legions
• deluges
• presses
• overabundances
• overflows
• plethoras
• droves
• mobs
• herds
• gazillions
• oversupplies
• superabundances
• overkills
• bevies
• crushes
• jillions
• crams
• kazillions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• handfuls
• ounces
• peanuts
• bits
• grains
• particles
• fragments
• shadows
• spots
• streaks
• strains
• specks
• mouthfuls
• molecules
• granules
• shades
• hints
• tastes
• scraps
• traces
• shreds
• atoms
• licks
• drams
• rays
• touches
• flecks
• scruples
• dabs
• pinches
• crumbs
• mites
• dots
• aces
• driblets
• suspicions
• nips
• sprinkles
• little
• sprinklings
• glimmers
• motes
• nubbins
• handsful
• pittances
• pieces
• sections
• drops
• portions
• smidgens
• shots
• smidges
• smidgeons
• dashes
• morsels
• iotas
• flyspecks
• whits
• smidgins
• tittles
• jots
• shortages
• scintillas
• smatterings
• lacks
• modicums
• absences
• wants
• deficits
• smatters
• deficiencies
• scarcities
• inadequacies
• famines
• insufficiencies
• dearths
• poverties
• paucities
• undersupplies

2

as in chunks

a small uneven mass

a wad of gum stuck to the desk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chunks
• hunks
• clumps
• globs
• gobs
• lumps
• blobs
• pieces
• knobs
• dollops
• beads
• clods
• gobbets
• nuggets
• nubs
• clots
• patches
• drops
• bits
• globules
• particles
• nubbles
• chips
• portions
• granules
• scraps
• blocks
• bulks
• crumbs
• bodies
• morsels
• nubbins

wads

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of wad

as in rounds

to form into a round compact mass

she wadded up the paper and threw it in the wastebasket

took the paper off the straw and wadded it up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rounds
• rolls
• balls
• clumps
• pellets
• agglomerates
• lumps
• bunches
• beads
• pearls
• spheres
• pelletizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spreads
• unrolls
• opens
• unfolds
• flattens
• smooths
• smoothes