DUBS Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of dub

as in calls

to give a name to I've dubbed my car the "Lone Ranger," although "Loan Raider" probably would have been more apt

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as in fumbles

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way he dubbed his first attempt at homemade wine, but he got it reasonably right on the second

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dubs

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noun

plural of dub

as in gawks

a clumsy, awkward person even though I wasn't the most graceful skater on the ice, I thought I did well for a dub

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Recent Examples of dubs

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Disrupt Entertainment is producing new English language dubs with human actors providing the voices. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026 There’s a hard deck on how low my esteem for a guy who dubs Reacher HoboCop can go. — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026 Southern regional language dubs in Telugu and Tamil added further momentum across key circuits. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026 That is, unless you’re motivated to pay individual device prices for a business-specific model (which Microsoft dubs Surface Laptop or Pro for Business). — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026 The stockpiles in Cushing, Oklahoma – which dubs itself the pipeline crossroads of America – fell below 20 million barrels and remained below that critical threshold last week. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 Its publisher dubs Cloudthief a data-center noir, which makes Air a data-center fantasy and last year’s film Eddington a data-center western. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026 This results in what Atlassian dubs the fragmentation tax. — Shani Harmon, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 Soon a tunnel between the ships, then a meeting, with a friendly, inquisitive alien who looks like a sort of craggy spider/crab, whom Grace dubs Rocky. — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026

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Johnson worked in the music department for the English dubs of the Dragon Ball movies The Tree of Might, Broly - Second Coming, Fusion Reborn, and Wrath of the Dragon, according to his IMDb profile. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2026 But road dubs count for more when everything gets added up at season’s end. — David Aldridge, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Amazon‘s Prime Video is promising to make English-language dubs look more natural by using AI to sync up the way the actors’ mouths move on screen. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026 Crunchyroll subscribers can also stream the movie, offered in both Japanese and English dubs, starting the same day. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 Kansas City played host to the Tahoe Knight Monsters and beat the visitors twice at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, adding two more dubs to the win column. — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026 YouTube says up to 25% of the test channels' viewers opt for non-English dubs. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025 The film used Flawless technology to assist with dubs and ore family friendly versions of the film. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025 Hulu offers four seasons of Naruto, nine seasons of Shippuden, and one season of Boruto, with episodes varying between English dubs and original Japanese with subtitles. — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dubs

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The report calls the overlap between discovery and purchasing discovery e-commerce.

— Footwear News, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2026
That breaks down to $7,679 for utilities, $5,162 for maintenance and $3,929 for what Clever calls renovations, which are improvements to the property.

— Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of calls

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The release doesn't say whether the charge names Burger King, the restaurant's franchisee or the employee, or whether the department has taken any action on it.

— Eric Henderson, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
Club names Meta Platforms , Amazon , Microsoft , and Alphabet all advanced.

— Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of names

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The war in Iran, high gas prices, the stubbornly high cost of living, and blows to Trump’s popularity all contributed against the Republicans.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
As Paladin drives off, contract finally fulfilled, an estate guard with a rocket launcher blows his murder-van into flaming wreckage.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of blows

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Calvert’s campaign, meanwhile, labels Kim a RINO, or Republican in name only, a pejorative used to describe a disloyal conservative.

— Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Since last year Sephora has been updating its China lineup with local players, including the addition of makeup labels Joocyee, Red Chamber, Passional Lover, Babi, Out Of Office and Censto.

— Denni Hu, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of labels

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Certain Regard; Toronto titles Angh by Theja Rio, which won the Platform Award, automatically qualifying it for the Best International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards, and Four Seasons in Java by Kamila Andini.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Sinner, the 2024 Miami Open champion, became the first man since Roger Federer in 2017 to complete the Sunshine Double — winning Indian Wells and Miami titles back-to-back — and the first in history to win the double without losing a set.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026