Synonyms of yard

yard 1 of 2

noun (1)

ˈyärd 

1

as in courtyard

an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)

inmates are allowed an hour of exercise in the prison's inner yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• courtyard
• patio
• quadrangle
• enclosure
• inclosure
• close
• court
• quad
• plaza
• deck
• terrace
• square
• atrium
• peristyle
• forecourt
• place
• curtilage
• parvise
• parvis
• galleria

2

as in park

the area around and belonging to a building

we're looking for a house with a big yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• park
• acres
• backyard
• garden
• premises
• estate
• land
• property
• ground
• campus
• premisses
• parcel
• plot
• demesne
• real estate
• enclosure
• plaza
• realty
• churchyard
• dooryard
• lot
• close
• inclosure
• garth

yard

2 of 2

noun (2)

as in ton

a considerable amount

a composer who produced yards of gorgeous music over the course of a long career

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ton
• dozen
• loads
• plenty
• pile
• chunk
• deal
• quantity
• slew
• bunch
• lot
• stack
• wealth
• abundance
• hundred
• bundle
• bucket
• raft
• bushel
• mountain
• truckload
• barrel
• store
• pot
• carload
• sight
• peck
• all kinds (of)
• basketful
• good deal
• heap
• pack
• volume
• mess
• myriad
• profusion
• mass
• quite a bit
• sheaf
• plenitude
• fistful
• multiplicity
• shipload
• boatload
• gobs
• potful
• lashins
• reams
• passel
• spate
• thousands
• lashings
• score
• surplus
• plateful
• much
• wad
• scads
• sea
• oodles
• flood
• excess
• rash
• multitude
• plentitude
• flock
• plague
• host
• crowd
• swarm
• million
• bonanza
• overabundance
• horde
• overflow
• overage
• epidemic
• army
• herd
• plethora
• drove
• oversupply
• overkill
• surfeit
• superabundance
• superfluity
• throng
• embarrassment
• redundancy
• crush
• mob
• bevy
• deluge
• press
• zillion
• legion
• cram
• overmuch
• gazillion
• trillion
• jillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shade
• spot
• grain
• ounce
• taste
• handful
• shadow
• scrap
• molecule
• bit
• touch
• sprinkling
• peanuts
• fragment
• pittance
• streak
• ray
• dot
• sprinkle
• atom
• nip
• pinch
• lick
• mite
• speck
• trace
• suspicion
• strain
• particle
• granule
• ace
• glimmer
• mouthful
• hint
• dram
• mote
• tad
• modicum
• section
• shred
• whit
• dab
• scruple
• crumb
• portion
• dash
• piece
• little
• jot
• shot
• scintilla
• drop
• tittle
• iota
• smattering
• smidgen
• smidge
• driblet
• smidgin
• fleck
• absence
• smidgeon
• morsel
• lack
• flyspeck
• shortage
• nubbin
• deficit
• deficiency
• poverty
• scarcity
• famine
• want
• smatter
• paucity
• dearth
• insufficiency
• inadequacy
• undersupply
• scantiness
• scarceness
• meagerness
• scantness
• skimpiness

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of yard

Noun

Bowers is already one of the best tight ends in the NFL, catching 13 passes for 126 yards and a touchdown in the loss. —Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024

Purdy scrambled five times (40 yards) and completed 21-of-28 for just 159 yards. —Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024

Eventually, the three hunters saw Moose walk away just 10 yards from them. —Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2024

Purdy passed for 353 yards and two touchdowns with no turnovers. —Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024

Phrases Containing yard

• yard sale