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

Barkley has put himself in the league MVP conversation, averaging 122.5 rushing yards per game and taking the Birds to another level. —Ryan Morik, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2024

Zuerlein missed a potential game-winner from 50 yards during the final seconds of a one-point loss to the Broncos in Week 4. —Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024

The Eagles started out slinging: Hurts up the seam to Grant Calcaterra for 22 yards; Hurts to Brown on a 7-yard slant; Hurts to DeVonta Smith for a 20-yard crosser. —Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024

Hurts only threw for 108 yards in that game and wide receiver AJ Brown criticized the passing offense after the matchup. —Sam Joseph and, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024

Phrases Containing yard

• yard sale