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

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of clam

as in fishes

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Recent Examples of clams

Noun

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 When there are harmful algae blooms, health authorities sometimes put out warnings telling people not to eat mussels, clams and other types of seafood. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 15 June 2026 Linguine with clams never gets old. — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 June 2026 Food and drink The fifth-floor BAHR with its open kitchen showcases his distinctive flavor combinations with plates like prawn rissoles (a Portuguese snack) as well as riffs on traditional dishes like pork with clams. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 There’s a raw bar with oysters, ceviche and the Seafood Colosseum with oysters, lobster, mussels, clams and the ceviche of the day with caviar. — Connie Ogle may 15, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026 Bowls of Thai curry soup crowded with shrimp, scallops and clams. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clams

Noun

Additionally, the bill allows cities and counties to allocate up to 20% of the funds toward building affordable homes — a modest but welcome change for Bay Area communities facing persistent shortages of affordable housing dollars.

— Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
TourProdEnter, a firm the couple incorporated in 2021, had served as the Argentina Football Association’s commercial agent and received hundreds of millions of dollars from international brand and sponsorship deals.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of dollars

Noun

Beer, soda, hot dogs, pretzels, and more are all just five bucks each.

— James McClellan, Curbed, 10 July 2026
The wide-open scam enriched Haitian freeloaders as Bonheur personally netted a million bucks in just two years after Joe Biden rang the dinner bell for every grifter in the Third World.

— Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026

Definition of bucks

Verb

Chet Anderson harvests flowers by hand for Fresh Herb Company.

— Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 25 June 2026
To secure modern cryptographic systems against the vulnerabilities of predictable data, Fraunhofer IPMS developed Q-Dic that harvests true randomness from unpredictable quantum vacuum fluctuations.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026