wad (Meaning)
wad (n)
a small mass of soft material
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
wad (v)
compress into a wad
crowd or pack to capacity
wad (n.)
Woad.
A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.
A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.
Alt. of Wadd
wad (v. t.)
To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.
To insert or crowd a wad into; as, to wad a gun; also, to stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton; as, to wad a cloak.
Synonyms & Antonyms of wad
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- taste
- sprinkling
- whit
- glimmer
- sprinkling
- mote
- mouthful
- iota
- particle
- scruple
- speck
- glimmer
- ace
- strain
- shade
- granule
- particle
- handful
- trace
- molecule
- streak
- spot
- hint
- pinch
- dot
- molecule
- tittle
- granule
- shadow
- piece
- tad
- taste
- dab
- iota
- drop
- ounce
- peanuts
- suspicion
- ray
- whit
- tittle
- atom
- crumb
- nip
- ounce
- fragment
- bit
- drop
- tad
- crumb
- mouthful
- pittance
- pittance
- streak
- dab
- ace
- piece
- dot
- mite
- nip
- jot
- lick
- shred
- shadow
- touch
- speck
- jot
- touch
- ray
- suspicion
- atom
- mite
- bit
- shade
- lick
- pinch
- strain
- sprinkle
- scrap
- spot
- dram
- hint
- grain
- fragment
- sprinkle
- peanuts
- grain
- dram
- trace
- scrap
- scruple
- mote
- shred
- handful
Synonyms:
- gobs
- mass
- bucket
- boatload
- bushel
- abundance
- passel
- barrel
- multiplicity
- scads
- basketful
- store
- mountain
- potful
- plateful
- pot
- peck
- reams
- volume
- oodles
- carload
- profusion
- heap
- hundred
- much
- sight
- mess
- all kinds (of)
- good deal
- myriad
- shipload
- pack
- sheaf
- yard
- fistful
- truckload
- quite a bit
Antonyms:
- driblet
- portion
- nubbin
- shot
- shortage
- smidgeon
- smidgin
- smidgen
- scintilla
- shot
- portion
- section
- dash
- morsel
- lack
- nubbin
- paucity
- flyspeck
- modicum
- smidge
- little
- smidgen
- smidge
- smidgeon
- smattering
- absence
- paucity
- shortage
- fleck
- smattering
- little
- scintilla
- dash
- lack
- driblet
- fleck
- smidgin
- absence
- modicum
- morsel
- flyspeck
- section
Synonyms:
- plenitude
- spate
- million
- cram
- oversupply
- mob
- score
- host
- overkill
- sea
- plethora
- plentitude
- overflow
- thousands
- excess
- swarm
- flock
- deluge
- lashings
- superabundance
- embarrassment
- crush
- epidemic
- overage
- army
- surfeit
- throng
- overmuch
- surplus
- crowd
- drove
- flood
- bevy
- superfluity
- lashins
- rash
- multitude
- plague
- redundancy
- overabundance
- horde
- press
- bonanza
Antonyms:
wad Sentence Examples
- Harriet rolled up a wad of paper and tossed it at her brother.
- The dog's tail wagged furiously, leaving a small wad of fur in its wake.
- The blacksmith hammered a wad of metal into shape, creating an intricate design.
- The teenager crumpled up a wad of homework and threw it in the trash.
- The painter squeezed out a wad of paint onto his palette.
- The child played with a wad of clay, molding it into various shapes.
- The wind blew a wad of leaves across the street.
- The cowboy pulled a wad of tobacco from his pocket and filled his pipe.
- The hiker wrapped a wad of gauze around his injured ankle.
- The chef kneaded a wad of dough before shaping it into loaves of bread.
FAQs About the word wad
a small mass of soft material, (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent, a wad of something chewable as tobacco, compress into a wad, crowd o
dozen, plenty, slew, stack, raft,loads, wealth, bundle, bunch, quantity
taste, sprinkling, whit, glimmer, sprinkling, mote, mouthful, iota, particle, scruple
Harriet rolled up a wad of paper and tossed it at her brother.
The dog's tail wagged furiously, leaving a small wad of fur in its wake.
The blacksmith hammered a wad of metal into shape, creating an intricate design.
The teenager crumpled up a wad of homework and threw it in the trash.
