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

Bonifas was named All Big 12 honorable mention and helped create holes for a running game that averaged 175 yards per game last season. —Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2026

The former Jacksonville State standout had 53 catches for 629 yards and seven touchdowns from 2023 to 2025. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026

In three seasons at the FCS program, the 5-foot-11, 195-pound Switzer carried the ball 258 times for 1,330 yards and 12 touchdowns. —Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Apr. 2026

Chronic king-tide flooding once plagued these holes, so 15,000 cubic yards of material was added to help raise the elevation by almost five feet. —Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026