wad

The word “wad” has 1 syllable: wad

It's pronounced as /wæd/


What is synonym and antonym for wad?

In the thesaurus, “wad” has 178 synonyms and 96 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for wad

  • abundance
  • agglomerate
  • army
  • assets
  • back
  • ball
  • barrel
  • basketful
  • bead
  • bevy
  • big bucks
  • bit
  • blob
  • block
  • boatload
  • body
  • bomb
  • bonanza
  • boodle
  • bread
  • bucket
  • bulk
  • bunch
  • bundle
  • bushel
  • capital
  • carload
  • cash
  • chip
  • chips
  • chunk
  • clod
  • clot
  • clump
  • cram
  • crowd
  • crumb
  • crush
  • currency
  • cushion
  • deal
  • deluge
  • dollop
  • dough
  • dozen
  • drop
  • drove
  • earth
  • embarrassment
  • epidemic
  • excess
  • fistful
  • flock
  • flood
  • fortune
  • gathering
  • gazillion
  • glob
  • globule
  • gob
  • gobbet
  • gobs
  • gold
  • good deal
  • granule
  • heap
  • herd
  • horde
  • host
  • hundred
  • hunk
  • jack
  • jillion
  • kazillion
  • knob
  • lashings
  • lashins
  • legal tender
  • legion
  • lining
  • loads
  • lot
  • lucre
  • lump
  • mass
  • means
  • megabucks
  • mess
  • million
  • mine
  • mint
  • mob
  • morsel
  • mountain
  • much
  • multiplicity
  • multitude
  • myriad
  • nub
  • nubbin
  • nubble
  • nugget
  • oodles
  • overabundance
  • overage
  • overflow
  • overkill
  • overmuch
  • oversupply
  • pack
  • packet
  • pad
  • particle
  • passel
  • patch
  • pearl
  • peck
  • pelf
  • pellet
  • pelletize
  • piece
  • pile
  • plague
  • plateful
  • plenitude
  • plentitude
  • plenty
  • plethora
  • plug
  • portion
  • pot
  • potful
  • press
  • profusion
  • property
  • quantity
  • quite a bit
  • raft
  • rash
  • ream
  • reams
  • redundancy
  • riches
  • roll
  • round
  • scads
  • score
  • scrap
  • sea
  • sheaf
  • shipload
  • sight
  • slew
  • spate
  • sphere
  • stack
  • store
  • stuff
  • superabundance
  • superfluity
  • surfeit
  • surplus
  • swarm
  • tender
  • thousands
  • throng
  • ton
  • treasure trove
  • trillion
  • truckload
  • tuft
  • volume
  • wadding
  • wampum
  • wealth
  • wherewithal
  • yard
  • zillion

Antonyms for wad

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

Meanings of wad

  • noun
    1. An amorphous, compact mass.
    2. A substantial pile (normally of money).
    3. A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon.
    4. A sandwich.
    5. An ejaculation of semen.
    6. Plumbago, graphite.
    7. Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.
  • verb
    1. To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball.
    2. To wager.
    3. To insert or force a wad into.
    4. To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton.

Example Sentences

  • The mechanic discovered a crumpled wad of paper in the car's glove compartment.
  • Frustrated with the printer malfunction, he angrily threw a wad of failed printouts into the recycling bin.
  • As they exited the movie theater, she absentmindedly squeezed a wad of chewing gum into a tissue.
  • The magician skillfully transformed a small wad of paper into a bouquet of flowers during the performance.
  • In a moment of excitement, the basketball fan tossed a wad of napkins into the air to celebrate the team's victory.

On this page you'll find 274 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wad, such as: absence, abundance, ace, agglomerate, army, assets, atom.

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galumph

  • barge
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  • sway
  • teeter
  • thud
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  • totter
  • tramp
  • tromp
  • trudge
  • trundle
  • wabble
  • waddle
  • weave
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jillions

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

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