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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verb

present tense third-person singular of clam

as in fishes

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Recent Examples of clams

Noun

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 Layer potatoes, corn, sausage, cherry tomatoes, peppadew peppers and clams. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026 The remains stemming from recent whale falls—which were still being processed by thousands of invertebrates, including clams, worms, and brittle stars (many of which were likely new to science)—were thriving biological communities. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clams

Noun

The big dollars often envisioned for top-10 picks like him were not there.

— Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
However, the sole-source paradigm proved lucrative for ULA’s corporate parents, which each reported hundreds of millions of dollars in earnings from ULA per year in the first decade of the company’s existence.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of dollars

Noun

Jason is currently earning a few extra bucks wiping down counters and hauling ice at a bar, which is even less glamorous than teaching science to disengaged students.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
These see regular action from bucks and does alike, and therefore, can be targeted.

— Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of bucks

Verb

Carmel Valley Ranch harvests its own honey, and with goats and a creamery on site, all of the cheese is made there as well.

— Sari Hitchins, Parents, 5 Sep. 2026
The top layer snaps up laser light and converts it into electricity, while the bottom layer harvests the waste heat to extract even more energy.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026