TOADS Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

toads

noun

plural of toad

as in dogs

a person whose behavior is offensive to others that miserable toad is lucky to have even a single friend

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Recent Examples of toads There, students can see animals including snakes, axolotls, tiger salamanders, turtles, toads, frogs, tarantulas, millipedes, bunnies and owls, Wieser said. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026 The current population is a result of the toads escaping or being released by importers during the 1950s and ‘60s, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026 In frogs and toads that parent, males take the lead about half the time. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 21 June 2026 Around ponds, frogs and toads will be eaten, and when worms emerge after rainfall, skunks will eagerly feed on those. — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026 Creacy said that the toads’ survival will depend on human assistance. — Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026 Hikers will look for evidence like burrows, nests and tracks of tarantulas, toads, scorpions, glowworms and other nighttime creatures. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026 Members of Wrenham Toad Patrols shared their frustrations on social media, noting that officials gave no notice of maintenance, which limited their ability to assist the toads. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026 While generations of toads and frogs have traveled to these marshes to mate, a road built in the last decade right across their route made the spring journey much more dangerous. — ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026

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Noun

On the other side are industry advocates, who say the animals are well cared for, the stables are fine and the owners and drivers love their horses like most pet owners love their dogs.

— Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
This one, by Adrián Xuana (San Martín Tilcajete, Oaxaca), is a towering, spindly incarnation of a xoloitzcuintli, those hairless Mexican dogs believed to guide spirits through the underworld.

— Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 July 2026

Definition of dogs

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On Martha’s Vineyard, a low-lying fence with chicken wire is installed seasonally at the entrance of a key breeding site for oystercatchers and other seabirds and shorebirds, which has kept skunks and raccoons that eat their eggs off the beach.

— Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Very Rivian also means yeti graphics on its vehicles, and Easter eggs like a frog and skunk underneath the washer fluid cover up front.

— Greg Migliore, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of skunks

Noun

At the end of the experience, a line snakes to the Nickelodeon slime station.

— Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026
The shots are busy with equipment—boom mikes, bulb-flashes, wires and cables dripping like innards or snakes, the hungry Cyclopean eye of a mounted camera.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026

Definition of snakes

Noun

Its more than 440 vertebrate species include 39 fishes, 64 reptiles, 50 mammals and 235 birds (which make the Okefenokee a prime bird watching venue).

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
The 16,000-square-foot Ramona Station store will sell an assortment of pet care essentials for cats, dogs, fish, birds, reptiles and small pets.

— Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026

Definition of reptiles

Noun

There are flies, rats and, if the wind shifts every so slightly, a waft of thick, nauseating air from the warehouse.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Scientists like Munster are indispensable for figuring out the source of pandemic viruses, whether bats, pigs, rats, or some other animal, Andersen said.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of rats

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