Synonyms of sands

sands 1 of 2

noun

plural of sand

as in beach

the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water

we went for a moonlight walk on the sands

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beach
• shoreline
• coast
• shore
• strand
• seaside
• waterfront
• beachfront
• riverside
• coastline
• seashore
• seaboard
• seacoast
• oceanfront
• riverbank
• coastland
• bank
• littoral
• esplanade
• shorefront
• riverfront
• plage
• lido

sands

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of sand

as in rubs

to make smooth by friction

painstakingly sanded down the wooden floors of the old house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rubs
• files
• polishes
• grinds
• sharpens
• scrapes
• buffs
• planes
• hones
• rasps
• edges
• smooths
• scours
• sandblasts
• burnishes
• shines
• glosses
• dresses
• whets
• regrinds
• strops

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coarsens
• roughens
• scuffs
• roughs (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sands

Noun

Take a catamaran to the nearby Pearl Islands or head further down the Caribbean coast to the crystal-clear waters and white sands of the San Blas Islands, still home to Indigenous communities who call the islands Guna Yala. — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026

Next to the lodging is a great cool-out restaurant right on the sands of the beach in Leon’s. — Datwon Thomas, VIBE.com, 8 Aug. 2026

After more than a decade hugging the sands of Laguna Beach, Driftwood Kitchen and The Deck will close its doors this year. — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 27 July 2026

Santo Beach Resort & Spa is the island's flagship luxury resort, with all-inclusive service, direct beachfront access, and an expansive spa centered on Porto Santo's mineral-rich sands and seawater therapies. — Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

The festival will take place on the sands of Santa Monica Beach, marking the first major music festival on the iconic coastline. — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026

Brackpool’s pitch was that by stockpiling water from the Colorado River under the Cadiz sands in years when a surplus was available and delivering it during droughts, the company could assuage the supply crisis confronting Southern California. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Take a ferry to Balos Lagoon and wade in its shallow waters, or explore Falassarna’s pink-flecked sands. — Skyli Alvarez, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026

Diana carves and sands every handle individually; Marlow weaves the heads, each one slightly different. — Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Verb

Thorn cuts the pieces for his puzzle-style artworks, sands them, paints them, then glues them into a frame. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

Sawdust sprays as Matt Sams meticulously sands the edges of a balcony railing that will soon be affixed to the front of a house. — Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026

Chapman sands his board occasionally to remove this top layer of funk. — Matt Fuchs, Time, 24 Nov. 2025