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

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
• garden
• premises
• estate
• land
• property
• ground
• campus
• premisses
• parcel
• plot
• demesne
• real estate
• enclosure
• plaza
• realty
• churchyard
• dooryard
• lot
• close
• inclosure
• 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
• truckload
• barrel
• store
• pot
• carload
• sight
• peck
• all kinds (of)
• basketful
• good deal
• heap
• pack
• volume
• mess
• myriad
• profusion
• mass
• quite a bit
• sheaf
• plenitude
• fistful
• multiplicity
• shipload
• boatload
• gobs
• potful
• lashins
• reams
• passel
• spate
• thousands
• lashings
• score
• surplus
• plateful
• much
• wad
• scads
• sea
• oodles
• flood
• excess
• rash
• multitude
• plentitude
• flock
• plague
• host
• crowd
• swarm
• million
• bonanza
• overabundance
• horde
• overflow
• overage
• epidemic
• army
• herd
• 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
• pinch
• lick
• mite
• speck
• trace
• suspicion
• strain
• particle
• granule
• ace
• glimmer
• mouthful
• hint
• dram
• mote
• tad
• modicum
• section
• shred
• whit
• dab
• scruple
• crumb
• portion
• dash
• piece
• little
• jot
• shot
• scintilla
• drop
• tittle
• iota
• smattering
• smidgen
• smidge
• driblet
• smidgin
• fleck
• absence
• smidgeon
• morsel
• lack
• flyspeck
• shortage
• nubbin
• deficit
• deficiency
• poverty
• scarcity
• famine
• want
• smatter
• paucity
• dearth
• insufficiency
• inadequacy
• undersupply
• scantiness
• scarceness
• meagerness
• scantness
• skimpiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of yard

Noun

Last year, Richardson had 499 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns. —Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025

Wilson’s best season came in 2021 with Moore calling plays for the Cowboys: 45 receptions for 602 yards and six touchdowns. —Shaun Goodwin july 25, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2025

Fields also stacked on 289 rushing yards and five touchdowns. —James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025

Wilson had 101 catches for 1,104 yards and seven touchdowns, reaching career-highs in each of those statistical categories. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2025

Phrases Containing yard

• yard sale