sand

The word “sand” has 1 syllable: sand

It's pronounced as /sænd/

What is synonym and antonym for sand?

In the thesaurus, “sand” has 253 synonyms and 27 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for sand along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for sand

abrade
adhesive
alluvium
amber
arena
arete
ashes
audacity
backbone
bank
beach
beachfront
beige
binder
birdlime
biscuit
bisque
blond
boldness
bond
border
bray
brim
brink
bronze
brown
brownish
brush
buff
burnish
camel
chrome
cinders
clay
cleanse
clear
clod
coast
coastland
coastline
compost
concrete
courage
cream
crushed rock
daring
dash
dauntlessness
defiance
deposit
derring-do
determination
dirt
drab
dress
dry land
dust
dust bunnies
earth
ecru
edge
effrontery
embankment
epoxy
esplanade
even
excoriate
fawn
fearlessness
field
fight
file
fill
filth
firmness
flakes
flatten
flush
forcefulness
foreign matter
fortitude
fragments
furbish
gallantry
gilings
give an edge to
glaze
glebe
gloss
glue
gnash
gold
grade
granules
grate
gravel
grime
grind
grit
ground
grout
gum
gunk
guts
hardihood
heart
heroism
hone
humus
indomitableness
intestinal fortitude
intrepidity
invincibility
irk
iron
irritate
ivory
jar
khaki
lakeshore
lakeside
land
landscape
lay
lemon
level
lido
lime
lint
littoral
loam
loess
lumps
lute
macadam
make uniform
margin
marl
mettle
mold
mop
mortar
moxie
mucilage
muck
mud
mushroom
nerve
neutral
oatmeal
oceanfront
off-white
old sod
olive
olive-brown
park
paste
peat moss
pebbles
perfect
plage
plane
plaster
pluck
polish
pound
powder
press
prowess
pumice
purge
putty
rasp
raze
real estate
refine
refuse
regrind
residue
resolution
riverbank
riverfront
riverside
rocks
round
rub
rubber cement
saddle
saffron
sandblast
sands
scour
scrape
scratch
screenings
scrub
seaboard
seacoast
sealant
seashore
seaside
settlings
shale
sharpen
shine
shingle
shore
shorefront
shoreline
size
sleek
slick
smooth
smut
sod
soil
solder
soot
spine
spirit
spunk
starch
stickum
stomach
stones
strand
strop
subsoil
suntan
surface
tailings
tan
tar
taupe
tawny
tenacity
terra firma
terrain
terrane
topsoil
turf
umber
valiance
valiancy
varnish
vex
wash
waterfront
wear
whet
whiten
willpower
xanthous

Antonyms for sand

aid
assist
center
coarsen
cowardice
delight
dirty
dull
fear
heavens
help
ignore
inland
interior
irresolution
meekness
middle
overlook
please
roughen
rust
scuff
sky
soothe
timidity
weakness
wrinkle

Meanings of sand

noun
1. Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
2. (often in the plural) A beach or other expanse of sand.
3. (circa 1920) Personal courage.
4. A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
5. A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
6. A single grain of sand.
7. A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
8. A sandpiper.
adjective
1. Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
verb
1. To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.
2. To cover with sand.
3. To blot ink using sand.

Example Sentences

Sand sifted through her fingers as she walked along the beach.
The children built towering castles out of wet sand near the shore.
The hourglass emptied its last grains of sand, signaling the end of the game.
The desert stretched endlessly, its landscape dominated by dunes of golden sand.
The mechanic poured sand onto the icy road to improve traction for passing vehicles.

On this page you'll find 280 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to sand, such as: abrade, adhesive, aid, alluvium, amber, arena, arete.

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