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

Stand in one spot, and count rafts that go by for an hour. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 June 2026

Rescuers rowed boats, canoes, and rafts to people trapped in homes and businesses and on rooftops. — Kansas City Public Library Staff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

Bring sleeping bags, air mattresses, and pool rafts out as the seating and enjoy the show (with popcorn of course). — Parents, 11 June 2026

Bring your innertubes and rafts or borrow some and enjoy a family-friendly movie under the stars. — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2026

No, the truly strange thing — still remarkable to experience among thousands — is the way their fame is grounded in epic rafts of sci-fi nerdiness. — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026

The city and the official float website offers some tips, including that people shouldn’t tie their rafts or tubes together, go alone, float under the influence or use rope swings. — Idaho Statesman, 22 June 2026

Compared with tilted plastic rafts used in warmer climates, this design attaches flexible solar panels directly to thick, waterproof foam sheets, reducing wind exposure. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026

When Paul Revere came to Portsmouth with news that the British were headed toward the fort, Cheswill rode to Exeter to help spread the news and build rafts to defend Portsmouth Harbor. — Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026