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

The Jets’ leading rushers over those three seasons were Isaiah Crowell (2018), Bell (2019) and a 37-year-old Frank Gore (2020), none of whom eclipsed 800 yards. —Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026

The star running back racked up 1,409 yards rushing and 36 touchdowns overall for a Randolph team that won the Div. —Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026

The Patriots scored again on a 7-yard touchdown pass Drake Maye to Stefon Diggs before halftime and never looked back. —Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2026

That includes the Patriots’ divisional-round win over the Houston Texans, in which New England was flagged three times for 48 yards and the Texans were penalized four times for 32 yards. —Matt Barrows, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026

Phrases Containing yard

• yard sale