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yard

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of yard

1 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 of yard

close, court, courtyard, enclosure (also inclosure), patio, quad, quadrangle
Words Related to yard

atrium, galleria, peristyle

forecourt, place, plaza, square

deck, terrace
2 the area around and belonging to a building
  • We're looking for a house with a big yard.
Synonyms of yard

demesne, ground, park, premises (also premisses)
Words Related to yard

acres, estate, land, lot, parcel, plot, property, real estate, realty

campus

backyard, churchyard, dooryard

close, enclosure (also inclosure), garden, plaza
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yard

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of yard

a considerable amount
  • a composer who produced yards of gorgeous music over the course of a long career
Synonyms of yard

abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket, bunch, bundle, bushel, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, pack, passel, peck, pile, plateful, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, sight, slew, spate, stack, store, ton, volume, wad, wealth
Words Related to yard

epidemic, plague, rash

bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, plethora, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

deluge, flood, overflow

army, bevy, cram, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, press, score, sea, swarm, throng
Phrases Synonymous with yard

all kinds (of), quite a bit
Near Antonyms of yard

atom, crumb, dot, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, grain, granule, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, mote, nubbin, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, shred, tittle, whit

smatter, smattering
Antonyms of yard

ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, nip, ounce, peanuts, pinch, pittance, scruple, shade, shadow, smidgen (also smidgeon), speck, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, streak, tad, touch, trace

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