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:
- touch
- jot
- ray
- drop
- grain
- crumb
- ace
- peanuts
- suspicion
- streak
- mouthful
- sprinkling
- peanuts
- taste
- mite
- iota
- mite
- shred
- lick
- sprinkle
- fragment
- hint
- ounce
- spot
- shadow
- nip
- whit
- trace
- dot
- particle
- drop
- mote
- crumb
- scrap
- molecule
- handful
- dab
- nip
- strain
- pinch
- atom
- streak
- tittle
- scruple
- dab
- atom
- glimmer
- jot
- ace
- pittance
- bit
- taste
- molecule
- touch
- scruple
- dot
- piece
- speck
- handful
- whit
- pittance
- sprinkling
- grain
- ounce
- mote
- granule
- spot
- iota
- scrap
- speck
- hint
- piece
- ray
- lick
- dram
- strain
- tad
- fragment
- dram
- particle
- tittle
- bit
- shred
- tad
- mouthful
- shadow
- glimmer
- shade
- shade
- sprinkle
- trace
- granule
- suspicion
- pinch
Synonyms:
- multiplicity
- bucket
- potful
- yard
- store
- basketful
- mess
- peck
- abundance
- barrel
- oodles
- volume
- boatload
- sheaf
- fistful
- all kinds (of)
- carload
- mass
- passel
- shipload
- gobs
- plateful
- scads
- pot
- myriad
- mountain
- bushel
- much
- good deal
- truckload
- profusion
- quite a bit
- sight
- hundred
- heap
- reams
- pack
Antonyms:
- section
- absence
- shortage
- scintilla
- shot
- shortage
- nubbin
- paucity
- smidgeon
- portion
- morsel
- smidgeon
- portion
- flyspeck
- smidgin
- fleck
- little
- modicum
- absence
- lack
- shot
- section
- little
- dash
- flyspeck
- scintilla
- driblet
- fleck
- smidge
- smidgin
- paucity
- smattering
- smidge
- smattering
- dash
- smidgen
- smidgen
- modicum
- lack
- morsel
- driblet
- nubbin
Synonyms:
- superabundance
- plethora
- crowd
- crush
- embarrassment
- plague
- rash
- million
- overmuch
- lashings
- cram
- bevy
- throng
- flood
- superfluity
- sea
- mob
- score
- flock
- epidemic
- overage
- drove
- multitude
- excess
- surfeit
- lashins
- horde
- bonanza
- spate
- surplus
- thousands
- press
- host
- redundancy
- plentitude
- overflow
- overabundance
- overkill
- deluge
- oversupply
- army
- swarm
- plenitude
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
wealth, stack, ton, bunch, dozen, deal, slew, quantity, chunk, lot
touch, jot, ray, drop, grain, crumb, ace, peanuts, suspicion, streak
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.
