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