CLAMS Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

clams 1 of 2

noun

plural of clam

as in dollars

a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents it must take a whole lot of clams to buy a car like that

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clams

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verb

present tense third-person singular of clam

as in fishes

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Recent Examples of clams

Noun

Blue crabs and crawfish are sourced from Louisiana, while shellfish such as oysters, Manila clams and cherrystone clams arrive from waters stretching from the East Coast to Asia. — Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026 Unlike the traditional baked dish of littlenecks stuffed with bacon and breadcrumbs, Jimmy’s version comes as a bowl of thumbnail-sized Manila clams tossed with guanciale, compound butter and breadcrumbs. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026 If clams aren’t for you, the noodles also come in flavors like gochujang butter, soy sauce butter, truffle bulgogi, and black pepper tteokbokki. — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026 To avoid getting Vibrio vulnificus, the health department suggests avoiding raw oysters or other raw shellfish and cooking shellfish like oysters, clams, mussels thoroughly before ingesting them. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 Finally, shellfish like clams and mussels are affected by leukemia-like cancers that transmit through seawater. — John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 For more than two decades, the duo hauled in more than 4 pounds of clams each morning from the lagoon in the Po River Delta — upending the notion that women were unsuited for such a rigorous job. — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026 Native to waters stretching from Russia's Sakhalin Islands through Japan and southern China, Manila clams have spread around the world through both accidental and intentional introductions. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 15 July 2026 They soon combined forces, confirming that Manila clams were definitely beginning to thrive in the area. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clams

Noun

Spot charter rates for tankers have soared into the hundreds of thousands of dollars a day, while the ship-to-ship transfers can take several days.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
The film even spawned a three-film franchise, with the entire trilogy eventually pulling in over one billion dollars in box office bucks.

— Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026

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Researchers have also recently developed a printable textile that harvests dielectric charges from its wearer’s movements.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
At the scale of a fishery that harvests billions of pounds of pollock annually, that can mean hundreds of thousands of salmon.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026