Synonyms of gob

gob 1 of 3

noun (1)

ˈgäb 

1

as in chunk

a small uneven mass

grabbed a gob of clay from the block and threw it on the pottery wheel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chunk
• wad
• hunk
• glob
• clump
• lump
• blob
• dollop
• knob
• gobbet
• nub
• piece
• nugget
• bead
• clod
• clot
• globule
• nubble
• bit
• drop
• particle
• patch
• portion
• bulk
• chip
• granule
• crumb
• block
• scrap
• body
• morsel
• nubbin

2

as in ton

gobs plural a considerable amount

has gobs of money

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ton
• plenty
• loads
• dozen
• yard
• lot
• abundance
• wealth
• quantity
• pile
• chunk
• slew
• bucket
• wad
• fistful
• stack
• heap
• barrel
• truckload
• hundred
• mountain
• all kinds (of)
• peck
• bushel
• raft
• boatload
• reams
• pot
• quite a bit
• plateful
• good deal
• volume
• carload
• mess
• sheaf
• multiplicity
• bundle
• lashings
• sight
• profusion
• oodles
• myriad
• shipload
• store
• plenitude
• bunch
• scads
• pack
• potful
• basketful
• deal
• mass
• spate
• thousands
• much
• passel
• plentitude
• surplus
• flood
• excess
• plague
• overflow
• rash
• million
• overabundance
• superabundance
• sea
• surfeit
• swarm
• plethora
• embarrassment
• bonanza
• deluge
• oversupply
• superfluity
• epidemic
• redundancy
• press
• horde
• overkill
• overage
• cram
• score
• throng
• army
• flock
• multitude
• crush
• overmuch
• bevy
• legion
• crowd
• host
• mob
• herd
• zillion
• drove
• gazillion
• jillion
• kazillion
• trillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mouthful
• bit
• handful
• taste
• peanuts
• ounce
• touch
• dab
• lick
• particle
• pinch
• grain
• spot
• ray
• ace
• strain
• speck
• dram
• sprinkling
• hint
• mite
• pittance
• fragment
• scrap
• suspicion
• streak
• shadow
• atom
• nip
• shade
• molecule
• dot
• sprinkle
• crumb
• granule
• glimmer
• trace
• tad
• mote
• scruple
• modicum
• whit
• iota
• scintilla
• shred
• jot
• smidgen
• drop
• tittle
• smattering
• little
• morsel
• dash
• piece
• fleck
• portion
• section
• driblet
• shot
• nubbin
• flyspeck
• lack
• shortage
• absence
• smatter
• poverty
• paucity
• famine
• scarcity
• dearth
• want
• deficiency
• deficit
• insufficiency
• inadequacy
• undersupply
• scarceness
• meagerness
• scantiness
• skimpiness
• scantness

gob

2 of 3

noun (2)

ˈgȯb 

chiefly British

as in mouth

the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal

he threatened the yob with a punch in the gob if he didn't stop insulting everyone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mouth
• yap
• piehole
• chops
• kisser
• jaws
• mug
• trap
• face
• puss
• muzzle
• maw
• visage
• countenance
• mandible
• gullet
• maxilla

gob

3 of 3

noun (3)

ˈgäb 

as in sailor

one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel

avast, ye gobs, and haul anchor!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sailor
• mariner
• navigator
• tar
• salt
• swab
• seaman
• hearty
• shipman
• sea dog
• swabbie
• jack
• seafarer
• jack-tar
• shipmate
• crewman
• deckhand
• lubber
• coxswain
• able seaman
• limey
• able-bodied seaman
• sailboater
• lime-juicer
• powerboater

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gob

Noun

This may cause gobs of wet clay to fly sideways into the hair of other moviegoers. —Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025

But their marmalade is supreme, the perfect mixture of sweet, tart, jewel-like gobs feathered with slivers of Seville-orange peel. —Air Mail, 22 Nov. 2025

After spending lots of time resetting the social media company’s AI strategy—and gobs of money hiring the best technical talent imaginable—Meta is making even more changes. —Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025

The electric motors add 242 horsepower—and gobs of low-end torque. —Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025