wadding

The word “wadding” has 2 syllables: wad-ding

It's pronounced as /ˈwædɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for wadding?

In the thesaurus, “wadding” has 83 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for wadding

  • Styrofoam
  • agglomerating
  • back
  • balling
  • beading
  • block
  • boodle
  • buffer
  • bumper
  • bunch
  • bunching
  • bundle
  • bushing
  • capacity batting
  • cartridge
  • center
  • chunk
  • clump
  • clumping
  • content
  • contents
  • covering
  • cushion
  • cylinder
  • dressing
  • fender
  • fill
  • filler
  • filling
  • fortune
  • gathering
  • guts
  • heap
  • hunk
  • impletion
  • inlay
  • innards
  • inner coating
  • inner layer
  • inside
  • insides
  • interlining
  • layer
  • liner
  • lining
  • lump
  • lumping
  • mass
  • mint
  • mixture
  • nugget
  • pack
  • packet
  • packing
  • pad
  • padding
  • peanuts
  • pearling
  • pelleting
  • pelletizing
  • pile
  • plug
  • pot
  • protection
  • quilting
  • ream
  • refill
  • replenishment
  • roll
  • rolling
  • rounding
  • sheathing
  • shim
  • slew
  • sphering
  • stuff
  • stuffing
  • tuft
  • wad
  • wainscot
  • wainscoting
  • wall
  • waste

Antonyms for wadding

  • emptiness
  • exteriority
  • flattening
  • opening
  • outside
  • poverty
  • smoothing
  • spreading
  • unfolding
  • unrolling

Meanings of wadding

  • noun
    1. Wads collectively.
    2. Soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material.
  • 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

  • After the heavy rain, the street was covered in soggy wadding from torn paper.
  • The hunter packed his shotgun with soft wadding before loading the shells.
  • She carefully placed a layer of cotton wadding inside the gift box to protect the delicate items.
  • The seamstress used a thin layer of quilt wadding to add extra padding to the jacket.
  • The art restoration expert removed the old wadding from the painting to reveal the vibrant colors underneath.

On this page you'll find 93 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wadding, such as: Styrofoam, agglomerating, back, balling, beading, block, boodle.

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

Related Words

padding

  • ambling
  • ambulating
  • amplification
  • amplifying
  • bouncing
  • buffer
  • bumper
  • caricature
  • caricaturing
  • clumping
  • coloring
  • cushion
  • dressing up
  • elaboration
  • embellishing
  • embellishment
  • embroidering
  • embroidery
  • emphasizing
  • enhancement
  • enhancing
  • exaggerating
  • exaggeration
  • expanding
  • fabrication
  • faltering
  • fender
  • fill
  • filler
  • filling
  • footslogging
  • fudging
  • gimping
  • gussying up
  • hedging
  • hiking
  • hobbling
  • hype
  • hyperbole
  • hyperbolizing
  • interlining
  • limping
  • lining
  • lumbering
  • lurching
  • magnification
  • magnifying
  • marching
  • mincing
  • misrepresentation
  • moseying
  • nipping
  • overdoing
  • overdrawing
  • overemphasizing
  • overplaying
  • overstatement
  • overstating
  • pacing
  • packing
  • pad
  • parading
  • perambulating
  • peregrinating
  • playing up
  • plodding
  • pounding
  • power walking
  • prancing
  • promenading
  • protection
  • puffery
  • pussyfooting
  • quilting
  • rambling
  • sashaying
  • satirizing
  • sauntering
  • scuffing
  • shambling
  • shuffling
  • staggering
  • stalking
  • stepping
  • stepping out
  • stomping
  • stressing
  • stretching
  • striding
  • strolling
  • strutting
  • stuffing
  • stumbling
  • stumping
  • superlative
  • swaggering
  • tapping
  • tiptoeing
  • toddling
  • traipsing
  • tramping
  • trampling
  • treading
  • trekking
  • tripping
  • tromping
  • trooping
  • trotting
  • trudging
  • wadding
  • waddling
  • walking
  • wandering

paddings

pads

  • McMansions
  • Murphy beds
  • RVs
  • abode
  • abodes
  • accommodations
  • albums
  • ambles
  • ambulates
  • amplifies
  • apartment houses
  • apartments
  • augment
  • baffles
  • barracks
  • barricades
  • bassinets
  • beds
  • bedsteads
  • billets
  • block
  • boardinghouses
  • booklets
  • bounces
  • buffer
  • buffers
  • bulk
  • bumpers
  • bungalows
  • bunk beds
  • bunks
  • cabins
  • caricatures
  • carry-cots
  • casitas
  • castles
  • chalets
  • clumps
  • cocoons
  • colors
  • condominia
  • condominiums
  • condos
  • coop
  • cordons
  • cots
  • cottages
  • couches
  • countryseats
  • cradles
  • creep
  • crib
  • cribs
  • cushion
  • cushionings
  • cushions
  • daybeds
  • diggings
  • digs
  • domiciles
  • dormitories
  • dorms
  • dosses
  • double-wides
  • dresses up
  • duplexes
  • dwellings
  • embellish
  • embellishes
  • embroider
  • embroiders
  • emphasizes
  • enhances
  • enlarge
  • estates
  • exaggerate
  • exaggerates
  • expand
  • expands
  • falters
  • farmhouses
  • feather beds
  • fenders
  • fill
  • fill out
  • filling
  • firesides
  • flats
  • flesh out
  • flophouses
  • footslogs
  • four-posters
  • fudge
  • fudges
  • futon
  • futons
  • gimps
  • go barefoot
  • granges
  • gussies up
  • habitations
  • haciendas
  • halls
  • hammocks
  • hangout
  • hays
  • hearths
  • hearthstones
  • hedges
  • hermitages
  • hideout
  • hike
  • hikes
  • hive
  • hobbles
  • homes
  • homesteads
  • hooches
  • hootches
  • house
  • house trailers
  • houseboats
  • houses
  • housings
  • hovels
  • hutches
  • huts
  • hyperbolizes
  • increase
  • inflate
  • jotter
  • kips
  • lairs
  • layout
  • lengthen
  • limps
  • line
  • lodgements
  • lodging
  • lodging houses
  • lodgings
  • lodgments
  • lumbers
  • lurches
  • magnifies
  • magnify
  • manor houses
  • manors
  • manses
  • mansions
  • march
  • marches
  • mattresses
  • memorandum
  • minces
  • mobile homes
  • moseys
  • motor homes
  • mufflers
  • nests
  • nips
  • notebook
  • notebooks
  • notepad
  • notepads
  • overdoes
  • overdraw
  • overdraws
  • overemphasizes
  • overplays
  • overstate
  • overstates
  • paces
  • pack
  • packing
  • paddings
  • palaces
  • pallets
  • pamphlets
  • paper
  • parades
  • parchment
  • parsonages
  • patter
  • penthouses
  • perambulates
  • peregrinates
  • pitter-patter
  • places
  • plays up
  • plod
  • plods
  • pounds
  • power walks
  • prances
  • promenades
  • protect
  • protract
  • pussyfoot
  • pussyfoots
  • quarters
  • quire
  • racks
  • rambles
  • ranch houses
  • ranches
  • ream
  • recreational vehicles
  • rectories
  • residence
  • residences
  • residencies
  • residency
  • roofs
  • rooming houses
  • rooms
  • sacks
  • safeguards
  • salons
  • saltboxes
  • sashays
  • satirizes
  • saunters
  • scrapbooks
  • scratch
  • scratch pad
  • scratch pads
  • scuffs
  • semis
  • setup
  • shacks
  • shakedowns
  • shambles
  • shanties
  • shape
  • shelters
  • shields
  • shuffles
  • sleigh beds
  • slips
  • sneak
  • sofa beds
  • sofas
  • spin
  • split levels
  • staggers
  • stalks
  • steal
  • steps
  • steps out
  • stomps
  • stresses
  • stretch
  • stretches
  • strides
  • strolls
  • struts
  • studio couches
  • stuff
  • stuffing
  • stumbles
  • stumps
  • suites
  • swaggers
  • tablets
  • taps
  • tenement houses
  • tenements
  • tiptoes
  • toddles
  • town houses
  • townhomes
  • tract houses
  • trailers
  • traipse
  • traipses
  • tramp
  • tramples
  • tramps
  • treads
  • trek
  • treks
  • triplexes
  • trips
  • tromps
  • troops
  • trots
  • trudge
  • trudges
  • trundle beds
  • vicarages
  • villas
  • wad
  • wadding
  • waddles
  • walk-ups
  • walks
  • wanders
  • waste
  • water beds

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

quilting

  • adornment
  • arabesque
  • bargello
  • basting
  • brocade
  • buffer
  • bumper
  • bushing
  • covering
  • crewel
  • crochet
  • crocheting
  • cross-stitch
  • cross-stitching
  • cushion
  • darning
  • decoration
  • easing
  • embroidering
  • embroidery
  • felling
  • fender
  • fill
  • filler
  • filling
  • finishing
  • inner coating
  • inner layer
  • interlining
  • knitting
  • lace
  • lacery
  • liner
  • lining
  • mending
  • needlepoint
  • needlework
  • overcasting
  • packing
  • pad
  • padding
  • patching
  • repairing
  • sampler
  • sewing
  • sheathing
  • stitchery
  • stitching
  • stuffing
  • suturing
  • tapestry
  • tatting
  • tracery
  • wadding
  • wainscot
  • wainscoting
  • wall

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