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 63 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for sand

  • adhesive
  • audacity
  • bank
  • beach
  • beige
  • boldness
  • border
  • brownish
  • camel
  • clay
  • coast
  • courage
  • cream
  • derring-do
  • determination
  • dirt
  • drab
  • dust
  • earth
  • fearlessness
  • field
  • file
  • firmness
  • flatten
  • fortitude
  • gallantry
  • grate
  • gravel
  • grime
  • grind
  • grit
  • heroism
  • khaki
  • land
  • landscape
  • lint
  • moxie
  • mud
  • off-white
  • park
  • plaster
  • polish
  • powder
  • prowess
  • residue
  • riverbank
  • rub
  • scrape
  • seaboard
  • seashore
  • shale
  • shore
  • soil
  • soot
  • spunk
  • surface
  • tan
  • taupe
  • tenacity
  • terrain
  • turf
  • waterfront
  • willpower

Antonyms for sand

  • cowardice
  • fear
  • irresolution
  • meekness
  • roughen
  • sky
  • timidity
  • weakness

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 71 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to sand, such as: adhesive, audacity, bank, beach, beige, boldness, border.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

coarsely

  • bad
  • broken
  • cheap
  • common
  • crass
  • crude
  • dirty
  • filthy
  • foul
  • grained
  • granular
  • gross
  • gruff
  • hoarse
  • husky
  • inferior
  • jagged
  • low-grade
  • nasty
  • obscene
  • poor
  • pornographic
  • ragged
  • rotten
  • rough
  • rude
  • rugged
  • sandy
  • terrible
  • uneven
  • useless
  • vulgar
  • worthless

earth

  • bomb
  • bundle
  • clay
  • coast
  • dirt
  • dust
  • fortune
  • globe
  • gravel
  • ground
  • land
  • mint
  • mud
  • pile
  • planet
  • sand
  • shore
  • soil
  • surface
  • terrain
  • turf
  • world

earthlike

earths

  • clay
  • coast
  • dirt
  • dust
  • globes
  • gravel
  • land
  • mud
  • planets
  • sand
  • shore
  • surface
  • terrain
  • turf
  • worlds

earthy

  • down-to-earth
  • folksy
  • funky
  • homey
  • loamy
  • muddy
  • practical
  • pragmatic
  • pragmatical
  • realistic
  • sandy
  • simple

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