SOBS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sob

as in cries

to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress the child sobbed when she found the dead frog

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noun

plural of sob

as in tears

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Recent Examples of sobs

Verb

Her endless screams and sobs echo back to the agonized wailing of The Mist’s David Drayton, who murdered his child and friends for nothing. — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Later that day, Jamison sobs in bed while her mom and dad worry about her chances of getting into Stanford if she's reported to the police. — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026 Cassie, who doesn’t seem very concerned about Nate, sobs on the floor in disbelief, covered in blood and shocked that someone could disrupt what should be the perfect end to her evening. — Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026 The glow of hundreds of candles illuminated somber faces, sobs often cutting through the silence in the crisp spring air. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026 The recording of the call is harrowing and gut-wrenching as Denise Lee sobs and begs for her life. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026 There are a few inarticulate screams and sobs but no dialogue, no lyrics, no spoken intro, no utterances at all. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026 The series ends as Eddie goes into Jamie's bedroom, sobs into the comforter and holds his teddy bear. — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026 Or when one of their sons, after rifling through Dad’s joke folder, quietly sobs at what he’s found. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sobs

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In another concert, Mikis Theodorakis comes on stage with his son, and my father cries again.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Since 2018, Microsoft has answered those curmudgeons’ cries with the Surface Laptop line, now in its eighth generation.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026

Definition of cries

Noun

While relatives looked on in bemusement, my brother and I burst into tears, inconsolable.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
On Wednesday, Argentina player Lisandro Martínez was asked if the banner could have stirred deep emotions and tears for a veteran of the Malvinas conflict.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of tears

Verb

Swiss skier Melanie Meillard weeps in the arms of her teammate Janine Schmitt after missing a turn on her slalom run Women’s Team Combined Slalom.

— Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Cannon weeps into an expansive white space that only she and Trish inhabit.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025