Thesaurus
plural of yard
Synonyms of yards
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
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 for yards
- closes,
- courts,
- courtyards,
- enclosures
- (also inclosures),
- patios,
- quadrangles,
- quads
Words Related to yards
- atria
- (also atriums),
- gallerias,
- parvises,
- peristyles
2
the area around and belonging to a building
- we're looking for a house with a big yard
Synonyms for yards
Words Related to yards
- acres,
- estates,
- lands,
- lots,
- parcels,
- plots,
- properties,
- real estates,
- realties
- closes,
- enclosures
- (also inclosures),
- gardens,
- garths,
- plazas
yards
noun (2)
plural of yard
Synonyms & Antonyms of yards (Entry 2 of 2)
a considerable amount
- a composer who produced yards of gorgeous music over the course of a long career
Synonyms for yards
- abundances,
- barrels,
- basketfuls
- (also basketsful),
- boatloads,
- buckets,
- bunches,
- bundles,
- bushels,
- carloads,
- chunks,
- deals,
- dozens
- (or dozen),
- fistfuls,
- gobs,
- good deals,
- heaps,
- hundreds
- (or hundred),
- lashings
- (also lashins)
- [chiefly British],
- loads,
- lots,
- masses,
- messes,
- mountains,
- much,
- multiplicities,
- myriads,
- oodles,
- packs,
- passels,
- pecks,
- piles,
- platefuls,
- plenitudes,
- plenties,
- plentitudes,
- potfuls,
- pots,
- profusions,
- quantities,
- rafts,
- reams,
- scads,
- sheaves,
- shiploads,
- sights,
- slews,
- spates,
- stacks,
- stores,
- tons,
- truckloads,
- volumes,
- wads,
- wealths
Words Related to yards
- bonanzas,
- embarrassments,
- excesses,
- overabundances,
- overages,
- overkills,
- overmuch,
- oversupplies,
- plethoras,
- redundancies,
- superabundances,
- superfluities,
- surfeits,
- surpluses
- armies,
- bevies,
- crams,
- crowds,
- crushes,
- droves,
- flocks,
- herds,
- hordes,
- hosts,
- legions,
- mobs,
- multitudes,
- presses,
- scores,
- seas,
- swarms,
- throngs
- gazillions,
- jillions,
- kazillions,
- millions
- (or million),
- thousands,
- trillions,
- zillions
Phrases Synonymous with yards
Near Antonyms for yards
Antonyms for yards
- aces,
- bits,
- dabs,
- drams,
- driblets,
- glimmers,
- handfuls
- (also handsful),
- hints,
- licks,
- little,
- mites,
- mouthfuls,
- nips,
- ounces,
- peanuts,
- pinches,
- pittances,
- scruples,
- shades,
- shadows,
- smidgens
- (also smidgeons or smidgins or smidges),
- specks,
- spots,
- sprinkles,
- sprinklings,
- strains,
- streaks,
- suspicions,
- tastes,
- touches,
- traces
Keep scrolling for more
Learn More About yards
Cite this Entry
“Yards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yards. Accessed 23 Jul. 2021.
Style: MLA
MLA
Chicago
APA
Merriam-Webster
Chicago
APA
Merriam-Webster
Test Your Vocabulary
Farm Idioms Quiz
-
- What does 'poke' refer to in the expression 'pig in a poke'?
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
TAKE THE QUIZ
Anagram puzzles meet word search.
TAKE THE QUIZLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Words at Play
Ask the Editors
Word Games
Share yards