Synonyms of yards

yards 1 of 2

noun (1)

plural of yard

1

as in courtyards

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

• courtyards
• patios
• enclosures
• quadrangles
• quads
• courts
• plazas
• decks
• closes
• terraces
• squares
• peristyles
• atria
• places
• forecourts
• gallerias
• parvises
• curtilages

2

as in acres

the area around and belonging to a building

we're looking for a house with a big yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• acres
• parks
• backyards
• premises
• grounds
• estates
• gardens
• lands
• properties
• campuses
• parcels
• demesnes
• plots
• enclosures
• plazas
• real estates
• lots
• churchyards
• dooryards
• realties
• garths
• closes

yards

2 of 2

noun (2)

plural of yard

as in tons

a considerable amount

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tons
• loads
• dozens
• piles
• bunches
• hundreds
• chunks
• quantities
• lots
• bundles
• stacks
• rafts
• deals
• bushels
• slews
• plenties
• buckets
• barrels
• wealths
• truckloads
• masses
• carloads
• abundances
• mountains
• all kinds (of)
• pots
• myriads
• stores
• fistfuls
• pecks
• reams
• volumes
• heaps
• shiploads
• sights
• scads
• sheaves
• gobs
• basketfuls
• packs
• wads
• boatloads
• scores
• quite a bit
• multiplicities
• oodles
• platefuls
• lashings
• good deals
• profusions
• potfuls
• plenitudes
• thousands
• messes
• much
• passels
• spates
• millions
• floods
• seas
• multitudes
• plentitudes
• surpluses
• rashes
• flocks
• plagues
• hordes
• trillions
• superfluities
• swarms
• hosts
• epidemics
• herds
• excesses
• redundancies
• bonanzas
• overages
• armies
• throngs
• mobs
• crowds
• zillions
• legions
• embarrassments
• overflows
• oversupplies
• overmuch
• deluges
• droves
• presses
• crushes
• surfeits
• plethoras
• superabundances
• gazillions
• overkills
• overabundances
• bevies
• jillions
• kazillions
• crams

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ounces
• spots
• shadows
• shades
• molecules
• fragments
• handfuls
• touches
• bits
• atoms
• grains
• rays
• scraps
• particles
• licks
• mouthfuls
• granules
• dots
• specks
• streaks
• nips
• drams
• peanuts
• tastes
• strains
• mites
• shreds
• traces
• dabs
• scruples
• pinches
• aces
• flecks
• motes
• pieces
• hints
• glimmers
• sprinkles
• suspicions
• shots
• sections
• crumbs
• pittances
• dashes
• driblets
• drops
• portions
• sprinklings
• little
• smidgens
• nubbins
• scintillas
• whits
• modicums
• morsels
• smatterings
• flyspecks
• tittles
• iotas
• jots
• absences
• shortages
• lacks
• smatters
• deficiencies
• wants
• deficits
• inadequacies
• scarcities
• famines
• insufficiencies
• dearths
• poverties
• undersupplies
• paucities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of yards

Noun

Arizona, meanwhile, attacked in waves — blocking a punt in the fourth quarter and taking over three yards from the end zone. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

But Allen threw for 334 yards and Buffalo scored on eight of its 11 possessions before kneeling down to win coach Joe Brady’s first game. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

The Ravens had nine plays of more than 15 yards in the first half alone. — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing yards

• the whole nine yards