Synonyms of yard

yard 1 of 2

noun (1)

ˈyärd 

1

as in courtyard

an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)

inmates are allowed an hour of exercise in the prison's inner yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• courtyard
• patio
• enclosure
• quadrangle
• close
• court
• quad
• plaza
• deck
• square
• terrace
• atrium
• place
• peristyle
• forecourt
• parvis
• galleria
• curtilage

2

as in park

the area around and belonging to a building

we're looking for a house with a big yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• park
• acres
• backyard
• premises
• ground
• garden
• estate
• land
• property
• campus
• demesne
• real estate
• plot
• parcel
• churchyard
• enclosure
• plaza
• realty
• dooryard
• lot
• close
• garth

yard

2 of 2

noun (2)

as in ton

a considerable amount

a composer who produced yards of gorgeous music over the course of a long career

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of yard

Noun

Preckwinkle said recently that about 100,000 cubic yards of debris from the area has already been removed. — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026

The Bruins’ biggest headache could be 6-foot-5 tight end Jamari Johnson, who caught seven passes for 159 yards against USC, particularly with all three of UCLA’s starting cornerbacks shorter than 6 feet. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

From there, Schottenheimer put on his best play-calling hat and recognized that momentum was shifting toward Dallas despite the Buccaneers’ 99-yard drive. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

The Bulldogs' next two plays were an incomplete pass and a five-yard loss on a sack. — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing yard

• yard sale