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

Manning scrambled for 13 yards on the first play of overtime but then left the field appearing to be experiencing pain in his upper body. —Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025

After Mountain View was forced to punt on the next possession, Blair caught the punt in mid-stride and returned it 35 yards to the Mountain View 5-yard line. —Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025

Aedan Borges had 28 carries for 200 yards and two touchdowns while adding 10 tackles and a field goal in Joseph Case’s 25-22 victory over Seekonk. —Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025

All three phases scored touchdowns against the Gophers in the game’s first 18 minutes, and the Hawkeyes allowed just 133 total yards. —Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025

Phrases Containing yards

• the whole nine yards