Synonyms of rafts

rafts 1 of 2

noun

plural of raft

as in loads

a considerable amount

the babysitter had to listen to a whole raft of rules before she was allowed to even pick up the baby

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• dozens
• piles
• tons
• hundreds
• bundles
• chunks
• quantities
• bunches
• deals
• lots
• stacks
• slews
• masses
• plenties
• buckets
• abundances
• myriads
• wealths
• mountains
• sheaves
• barrels
• all kinds (of)
• pots
• shiploads
• truckloads
• heaps
• boatloads
• wads
• volumes
• bushels
• yards
• carloads
• reams
• scads
• gobs
• fistfuls
• packs
• quite a bit
• oodles
• basketfuls
• multiplicities
• stores
• lashings
• sights
• potfuls
• platefuls
• good deals
• profusions
• pecks
• scores
• floods
• messes
• thousands
• spates
• plenitudes
• much
• seas
• multitudes
• surpluses
• passels
• rashes
• plentitudes
• swarms
• epidemics
• millions
• plagues
• hordes
• flocks
• excesses
• armies
• bonanzas
• hosts
• throngs
• herds
• crowds
• deluges
• embarrassments
• superfluities
• overages
• redundancies
• mobs
• overflows
• trillions
• legions
• zillions
• oversupplies
• overabundances
• droves
• surfeits
• bevies
• plethoras
• overmuch
• superabundances
• crushes
• presses
• overkills
• gazillions
• jillions
• kazillions
• crams

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• molecules
• particles
• fragments
• shadows
• atoms
• granules
• spots
• strains
• peanuts
• handfuls
• grains
• bits
• shades
• rays
• ounces
• specks
• mites
• tastes
• mouthfuls
• streaks
• dots
• scruples
• shreds
• traces
• scraps
• suspicions
• touches
• drams
• aces
• hints
• dabs
• motes
• sprinkles
• sections
• flecks
• licks
• crumbs
• pinches
• nips
• glimmers
• pieces
• driblets
• pittances
• portions
• shots
• sprinklings
• little
• drops
• morsels
• dashes
• flyspecks
• scintillas
• iotas
• nubbins
• shortages
• smidgens
• whits
• modicums
• tittles
• jots
• deficits
• smatterings
• scarcities
• smatters
• lacks
• absences
• deficiencies
• famines
• wants
• inadequacies
• insufficiencies
• dearths
• poverties
• undersupplies
• paucities

rafts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of raft

as in buoys

Related Words

• buoys
• balloons
• floats
• dangles
• swims
• sails
• suspends
• rides
• drifts
• bobs
• hovers
• glides
• wafts
• hangs
• poises

Dissimilar Words

• sinks
• settles
• dives
• plunges
• dips
• lunges
• submerges
• immerses
• submerses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rafts

Noun

While scoping out the attraction, the little fox ended up slipping into the waterway that propels the ride, leaving the animal treading water while rafts full of concerned parkgoers passed by. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

Scientists will also be able to use satellite observations of the pumice rafts to hone estimates of the size of the eruption. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 July 2026

For Nidever, Light and the rest, the rafts were an easy way to make a fast buck. — Literary Hub, 29 July 2026

They are filled with cuddly characters, Broadway-caliber shows and water slides with screens set into the tubes to tell stories about Mickey Mouse while riders rocket past on rafts. — Christian Sylt, Fortune, 16 July 2026

But flows on much of the Colorado River were high enough for rafts and kayaks this week. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 16 July 2026

For something slower-paced, float the Penticton channel that connects Okanagan and Skaha lakes on tube rafts. — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026

Tzikas pointed to the San Juan Rapids, Clay Banks and Sailor Bar areas as those with stronger currents and eddies that can throw individuals from their rafts and paddleboards or submerge them before shooting them rapidly downstream. — Reeti Malhotra july 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

Inspired by the way fire ants form floating rafts during floods, the system allows each robot to make local decisions rather than relying on constant instructions from a central computer. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026