Synonyms of pads

pads 1 of 3

noun

plural of pad

1

as in notebooks

a number of sheets of writing paper glued together at one edge

the waitress keeps a pad in the pocket of her apron to write down orders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• notebooks
• tablets
• notepads
• pamphlets
• booklets
• albums
• scratch pads
• scrapbooks

2

as in beds

a place set aside for sleeping

I went back to my pad to get some rest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beds
• couches
• mattresses
• bunks
• sofas
• sacks
• racks
• dosses
• pallets
• kips
• hays
• cribs
• lairs
• futons
• bedsteads
• hammocks
• studio couches
• cots
• bunk beds
• daybeds
• sofa beds
• cradles
• water beds
• bassinets
• trundle beds
• Murphy beds
• feather beds
• sleigh beds
• four-posters
• carry-cots
• shakedowns

3

as in buffers

something that serves as a protective barrier

a pad on the chair to keep it from getting scratched

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buffers
• shields
• cushions
• bumpers
• fenders
• barricades
• cocoons
• cushionings
• paddings
• baffles
• safeguards
• mufflers
• cordons

4

as in roofs

the place where one lives

welcome to my pad

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roofs
• residences
• houses
• dwellings
• abodes
• homes
• housings
• places
• quarters
• residencies
• lodgings
• apartments
• cabins
• cottages
• rooms
• habitations
• hearthstones
• mansions
• hearths
• bungalows
• domiciles
• nests
• diggings
• shelters
• firesides
• ranches
• flats
• accommodations
• huts
• castles
• estates
• villas
• farmhouses
• barracks
• dormitories
• suites
• tract houses
• ranch houses
• apartment houses
• condos
• shacks
• tenement houses
• billets
• condominiums
• town houses
• palaces
• trailers
• manors
• chalets
• split levels
• penthouses
• duplexes
• homesteads
• dorms
• lodging houses
• rooming houses
• tenements
• casitas
• townhomes
• manor houses
• salons
• haciendas
• recreational vehicles
• semis
• boardinghouses
• saltboxes
• house trailers
• triplexes
• rectories
• RVs
• halls
• flophouses
• motor homes
• hovels
• lodgments
• mobile homes
• manses
• houseboats
• McMansions
• countryseats
• granges
• hutches
• hooches
• parsonages
• shanties
• walk-ups
• vicarages
• hermitages
• double-wides
• châteaus

pads

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of pad

as in colors

to add to the interest of by including made-up details

the journalist was fired for padding certain stories to make them more interesting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• colors
• exaggerates
• enhances
• stretches
• embroiders
• embellishes
• expands
• hyperbolizes
• elaborates (on)
• hedges
• magnifies
• stresses
• satirizes
• emphasizes
• enlarges (on or upon)
• fleshes (out)
• amplifies
• overdraws
• plays up
• overemphasizes
• overdoes
• overplays
• dresses up
• caricatures
• overstates
• fudges
• gussies up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimizes
• understates
• belittles
• plays down

pads

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of pad

as in treads

to go on foot

a cat padded silently by

Synonyms & Similar Words

• treads
• walks
• strolls
• steps
• legs (it)
• ambulates
• hoofs (it)
• wanders
• foots (it)
• marches
• troops
• traipses
• saunters
• strides
• paces
• treks
• shuffles
• trots
• hikes
• promenades
• clumps
• stumps
• taps
• stomps
• struts
• power walks
• steps out
• ambles
• parades
• tramples
• tramps
• perambulates
• peregrinates
• minces
• tiptoes
• prances
• pussyfoots
• gimps
• moseys
• sashays
• scuffs
• waddles
• limps
• stalks
• hobbles
• rambles
• trips
• footslogs
• swaggers
• toddles
• trudges
• bounces
• lurches
• stumbles
• nips
• plods
• falters
• shambles
• staggers
• pounds
• tromps
• lumbers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pads

Noun

It can be used upright or horizontally, with rubber pads on one side for horizontal use. — Christian De Looper, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026

During the first half of the movie, Coon wore hip pads and other body-shaping additions to make Rita seem more weighed down by her responsibility and the trauma of having been a child in a concentration camp. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026

The company is also eyeing two more launch pads, which Chatman said were targeting nearby Space Launch Complex 46, but have yet to be approved. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026

Mbappé put on pads and a helmet and played some American football with Robinson, who later kicked a soccer ball around. — CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026

The hot water circulates through cooling towers or over wet pads that are exposed to air, and the portion that evaporates carries heat away with it. — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

Its upper combines elements from several versions of the 990 and sits above a sole unit bridging the 1906 and 2002 with an Abzorb midsole and SBS gel pads at the heel. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026

In labs, on launch pads, in operating rooms, in server farms, in printing driveways, in self-driving cars, in networks that compound value for every participant who joins. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2026

Soft dry electrodes maintain stable prefrontal contact without conductive gels or disposable pads. — New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026

Verb

In other words, the additional money that our companies are shelling out to cover higher memory costs ultimately pads these three companies’ bottom lines. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 21 June 2026

Adding the killer’s voice just pads an already too-long book. — Maren Longbella, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025

Not to say there aren’t some clunkers, most notably a jokey take-me-out-to-the-ballgame baseball number that pads the second act, but the Flaherty-Ahrens score was and is Ragtime‘s signature achievement. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025

The exchange is indicative of this odd, frustrating, occasionally intriguing project, which pads out scarce but real nuggets of insight with leading questions and endless clips. — Alison Herman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025

Stanfield is the second new face named this month, after French actor Paul Kircher, as Anderson pads out the ranks of his men’s ambassadors following a rash of appointments on the women’s side. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019