DUBS Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

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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

Verb

This results in what Atlassian dubs the fragmentation tax. —

Shani Harmon, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 Claire meets strange apothecary Master Raymond, who dubs her La Dame Blanche. —

Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 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 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, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026 While Americans searched for spaces for deeper community in that span, CultureCon – which now dubs itself the world's largest meetup of creatives – sprouted from a gathering of 21 people in Ellis' apartment to an annual gathering place for 12,000 attendees. —

Jay Stahl, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026 What the site dubs Best of the Best Destinations reflect places visitors have given the highest ratings over the past year. —

Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026 An alien known only as Experiment 626 (Chris Sanders) flees his home planet and crash-lands in Hawaii, where he is adopted by a grieving young girl named Lilo (Daveigh Chase), who takes him for a dog and dubs him Stitch. —

David Faris, TheWeek, 27 Jan. 2026 Deadline, gleaning information from the studio, dubs it a modern Western thriller where a rodeo cowboy’s skills are put to the test outside the arena. —

Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 14 Jan. 2026

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Over 70% of Netflix viewing globally happens with subtitles or dubs, Kapoor Sheikh notes, and Indian titles are finding audiences in both high- and low-diaspora markets alike – from Argentina and Egypt to South Korea, Morocco, Bolivia and Taiwan. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Apr. 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

Verb

Graduation is a huge milestone that calls for celebration and fanfare — and of course, gifts.

— Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
The problem About 15 million adults and children, or about 1 in 3 of our state’s residents, rely on Medi-Cal, which is what California calls its Medicaid program.

— Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 3 June 2026