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
• quadrangles
• enclosures
• inclosures
• quads
• courts
• plazas
• decks
• closes
• terraces
• squares
• atriums
• peristyles
• atria
• forecourts
• gallerias
• places
• 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
• premisses
• campuses
• properties
• parcels
• demesnes
• plots
• enclosures
• plazas
• inclosures
• 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
• piles
• bunches
• chunks
• dozen
• hundreds
• quantities
• lots
• bundles
• stacks
• dozens
• rafts
• deals
• bushels
• slews
• plenties
• buckets
• wealths
• barrels
• masses
• truckloads
• abundances
• carloads
• hundred
• mountains
• pots
• all kinds (of)
• myriads
• stores
• fistfuls
• pecks
• heaps
• volumes
• reams
• shiploads
• sights
• packs
• basketfuls
• scads
• sheaves
• gobs
• wads
• boatloads
• quite a bit
• multiplicities
• oodles
• platefuls
• lashings
• good deals
• profusions
• potfuls
• lashins
• basketsful
• messes
• plenitudes
• much
• thousands
• passels
• spates
• scores
• floods
• millions
• seas
• million
• multitudes
• plentitudes
• surpluses
• rashes
• flocks
• plagues
• hordes
• trillions
• superfluities
• swarms
• hosts
• epidemics
• herds
• excesses
• redundancies
• bonanzas
• armies
• overages
• mobs
• throngs
• crowds
• zillions
• embarrassments
• legions
• overflows
• oversupplies
• overmuch
• deluges
• droves
• presses
• crushes
• surfeits
• plethoras
• superabundances
• gazillions
• overkills
• overabundances
• bevies
• jillions
• kazillions
• crams

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ounces
• spots
• shadows
• shades
• handfuls
• molecules
• fragments
• touches
• bits
• atoms
• grains
• scraps
• rays
• licks
• particles
• mouthfuls
• granules
• dots
• specks
• nips
• streaks
• drams
• peanuts
• tastes
• driblets
• mites
• strains
• shreds
• traces
• dabs
• pinches
• scruples
• aces
• flecks
• sprinklings
• motes
• hints
• pieces
• glimmers
• little
• sprinkles
• suspicions
• shots
• crumbs
• sections
• pittances
• handsful
• dashes
• nubbins
• drops
• portions
• smidgens
• smidgeons
• smidges
• scintillas
• whits
• modicums
• smidgins
• 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

Meanwhile, last Sunday, the Raiders defeated the New England Patriots, 20-13, after quarterback Geno Smith completed 24 of 34 passes for 362 yards, one touchdown and one interception. —Mark J. Burns, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025

Beck went 5 for 5 for 60 yards on the drive that went 75 yards on 9 plays. —Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025

There were seven kick return yards of 40 or more yards last week — the most in 14 years (eight in 2011). —Mike Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025

Phrases Containing yards

• the whole nine yards