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

Mills finished 27-of-45 for 292 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. —Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Nov. 2025

Kansas totaled 369 yards of total offense, but the Jayhawks still punted the ball five times. —Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025

In addition to Jackson, Minnesota must account for Ravens running back Derrick Henry, who has averaged 104 yards in his last three outings, including a 119-yard performance last week against Miami and a 122-yard day against the Rams three weeks ago. —Mike Jones, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025

Elijah Metcalf hauled in five passes for 143 yards and a touchdown, while Jeffery Pittman rushed for 75 yards and a score on 18 carries. —Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2025

Phrases Containing yards

• the whole nine yards