Synonyms of wad

wad 1 of 2

noun

ˈwäd 

1

as in loads

a considerable amount

a starlet who usually gets a big wad of publicity for her nonstop antics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• ton
• plenty
• dozen
• chunk
• bunch
• pile
• slew
• deal
• lot
• bundle
• quantity
• stack
• wealth
• raft
• fistful
• gobs
• abundance
• hundred
• bucket
• sheaf
• heap
• pack
• boatload
• truckload
• barrel
• volume
• all kinds (of)
• reams
• bushel
• pot
• peck
• carload
• mountain
• myriad
• basketful
• quite a bit
• mess
• shipload
• good deal
• mass
• yard
• much
• profusion
• store
• oodles
• scads
• potful
• sight
• plateful
• multiplicity
• plenitude
• thousands
• spate
• lashings
• score
• surplus
• passel
• excess
• plentitude
• rash
• flood
• overabundance
• plague
• embarrassment
• plethora
• surfeit
• sea
• host
• superabundance
• million
• multitude
• press
• horde
• overage
• swarm
• bonanza
• deluge
• oversupply
• army
• crowd
• bevy
• epidemic
• cram
• overflow
• superfluity
• overkill
• flock
• crush
• redundancy
• throng
• drove
• overmuch
• mob
• zillion
• herd
• legion
• gazillion
• trillion
• jillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• handful
• bit
• mouthful
• strain
• pinch
• ounce
• taste
• peanuts
• hint
• spot
• particle
• grain
• touch
• ace
• fragment
• dab
• ray
• scrap
• dram
• lick
• mite
• sprinkling
• speck
• trace
• pittance
• whit
• suspicion
• streak
• molecule
• tad
• shade
• shred
• atom
• glimmer
• nip
• shadow
• granule
• sprinkle
• dot
• scruple
• jot
• mote
• iota
• crumb
• piece
• tittle
• drop
• scintilla
• modicum
• portion
• little
• smidgen
• shot
• section
• smattering
• fleck
• dash
• morsel
• nubbin
• driblet
• flyspeck
• lack
• shortage
• absence
• paucity
• scarcity
• smatter
• poverty
• want
• deficit
• deficiency
• famine
• dearth
• insufficiency
• inadequacy
• undersupply
• meagerness
• scarceness
• scantiness
• skimpiness
• scantness

2

as in chunk

a small uneven mass

a wad of gum stuck to the desk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chunk
• hunk
• clump
• glob
• lump
• gob
• piece
• knob
• blob
• dollop
• nub
• gobbet
• nugget
• bead
• clot
• clod
• drop
• nubble
• bit
• patch
• globule
• particle
• portion
• bulk
• chip
• scrap
• block
• granule
• body
• crumb
• morsel
• nubbin

3

as in bundle

a very large amount of money

amassed—and lost—a wad playing the stock market

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bundle
• fortune
• pile
• mint
• bomb
• packet
• big bucks
• megabucks
• cash
• boodle
• earth
• heap
• king's ransom
• pot
• chips
• mine
• assets
• gold
• currency
• dough
• property
• wealth
• treasure trove
• riches
• capital
• bonanza
• means
• wampum
• tender
• legal tender
• bread
• wherewithal
• lucre
• pelf
• jack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peanuts
• song
• mite
• pittance
• pocket money
• spending money
• petty cash
• pin money

wad

2 of 2

verb

as in to round

to form into a round compact mass

she wadded up the paper and threw it in the wastebasket

took the paper off the straw and wadded it up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• round
• roll
• ball
• bunch
• lump
• agglomerate
• clump
• pearl
• bead
• sphere
• pellet
• pelletize

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• open
• spread
• unroll
• flatten
• smooth
• unfold

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wad

Noun

Actor Orlando Brown slapped recording artist Ray J in the face with a wad of cash. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026

The alpha heroes of 1980s romances—ranch owners, corporate raiders, anyone played by Michael Douglas—tended to be emotionally constipated anti-feminists intent on dominating the opposite sex by using testosterone and wads of cash. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

Verb

The pieces are ultra-light, and eco-friendly, mixing recycled down and wadding padding. — Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026

This report wads produced by Miami Herald news partner CBS News Miami. — Cbs News Miami, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2026