Synonyms of wads

wads 1 of 2

noun

plural of wad

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
• tons
• piles
• dozens
• chunks
• bunches
• bundles
• hundreds
• quantities
• lots
• rafts
• deals
• slews
• stacks
• plenties
• gobs
• wealths
• fistfuls
• masses
• heaps
• buckets
• abundances
• bushels
• reams
• scads
• truckloads
• barrels
• oodles
• boatloads
• myriads
• all kinds (of)
• sheaves
• volumes
• shiploads
• yards
• packs
• carloads
• pots
• pecks
• quite a bit
• mountains
• basketfuls
• much
• platefuls
• sights
• stores
• multiplicities
• messes
• lashings
• profusions
• good deals
• potfuls
• thousands
• scores
• plenitudes
• millions
• spates
• plentitudes
• floods
• passels
• surpluses
• rashes
• multitudes
• excesses
• seas
• plagues
• hordes
• epidemics
• trillions
• swarms
• bonanzas
• embarrassments
• overages
• overmuch
• superfluities
• flocks
• hosts
• zillions
• armies
• redundancies
• throngs
• crowds
• surfeits
• legions
• deluges
• presses
• overabundances
• overflows
• plethoras
• droves
• mobs
• herds
• gazillions
• oversupplies
• superabundances
• overkills
• bevies
• crushes
• jillions
• crams
• kazillions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ounces
• handfuls
• bits
• particles
• grains
• peanuts
• fragments
• shadows
• spots
• streaks
• strains
• molecules
• specks
• mouthfuls
• shades
• granules
• hints
• tastes
• scraps
• traces
• atoms
• shreds
• rays
• licks
• drams
• touches
• flecks
• scruples
• crumbs
• dabs
• pinches
• mites
• dots
• aces
• suspicions
• nips
• sprinkles
• motes
• glimmers
• pieces
• sections
• pittances
• driblets
• drops
• portions
• little
• sprinklings
• shots
• smidgens
• dashes
• morsels
• nubbins
• iotas
• flyspecks
• whits
• tittles
• jots
• shortages
• lacks
• scintillas
• smatterings
• modicums
• absences
• wants
• deficits
• smatters
• deficiencies
• scarcities
• inadequacies
• famines
• insufficiencies
• dearths
• poverties
• paucities
• undersupplies

2

as in chunks

a small uneven mass

a wad of gum stuck to the desk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chunks
• hunks
• clumps
• globs
• gobs
• lumps
• blobs
• pieces
• knobs
• dollops
• beads
• clods
• gobbets
• nuggets
• nubs
• clots
• patches
• drops
• bits
• globules
• particles
• nubbles
• chips
• portions
• granules
• scraps
• blocks
• bulks
• crumbs
• bodies
• morsels
• nubbins

wads

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of wad

as in rounds

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

• rounds
• rolls
• balls
• clumps
• pellets
• agglomerates
• lumps
• bunches
• beads
• pearls
• spheres
• pelletizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spreads
• unrolls
• opens
• unfolds
• flattens
• smooths

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wads

Noun

Photos apparently taken by the men themselves show wads of cash on the seat of a car, in a plastic bag and in stacks on the floor of a location in New York. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 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

And Lamanna’s coauthor Jingmai O’Connor, vertebrate paleontologist and associate curator of fossil reptiles at Chicago’s Field Museum, also pointed out wads of bone found in the Changma Basin resemble pellets that owls regurgitate after feeding on prey. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 June 2026

Not as punishment, but to better know our playing grounds and appreciate the big and small things—like freeing wads of vegetation from an undercarriage—that turn a field into a stage. — CBS News, 1 May 2026

Cubans have long been accustomed to shopping with wads of cash stuffed into bags after compounding bouts of soaring inflation. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026

Our pants had been ripped from brush and windfalls, and wads of insulation were hanging out of mine. — Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026

Use those wads of wrapping paper leftover from a birthday, baby shower, or holiday bash to stuff the bottom and sides of the box and prevent shifting during shipping. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025

Hanging ornaments with care can be one of the highlights of the holiday season, but untangling wads of string lights is far less enjoyable. — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025