Synonyms of wadded

wadded

verb

past tense of wad

as in rolled

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

• rolled
• rounded
• balled
• agglomerated
• bunched
• clumped
• lumped
• beaded
• pelleted
• pelletized
• pearled
• sphered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opened
• unrolled
• flattened
• smoothed
• spread
• unfolded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wadded

Growing up in rural Malawi, the Chawingas played with the boys in village pick up matches, using balls improvised from wadded up paper and plastic. — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2026

The Socks Are Inside Other Clothes Did the sock actually enter another space-time continuum—or did it get wadded up in someone's pant leg? — Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 5 Jan. 2026