Synonyms of gob

gob 1 of 3

noun (1)

ˈgäb 

1

as in chunk

a small uneven mass

grabbed a gob of clay from the block and threw it on the pottery wheel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chunk
• wad
• hunk
• glob
• clump
• lump
• blob
• dollop
• knob
• gobbet
• nub
• piece
• nugget
• bead
• clod
• clot
• globule
• nubble
• bit
• drop
• particle
• patch
• portion
• bulk
• chip
• granule
• crumb
• block
• scrap
• body
• morsel
• nubbin

2

as in ton

gobs plural a considerable amount

has gobs of money

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ton
• plenty
• loads
• dozen
• yard
• lot
• abundance
• wealth
• quantity
• pile
• chunk
• slew
• bucket
• wad
• fistful
• stack
• heap
• barrel
• hundred
• truckload
• mountain
• peck
• all kinds (of)
• bushel
• raft
• boatload
• reams
• pot
• quite a bit
• plateful
• good deal
• volume
• carload
• sheaf
• mess
• multiplicity
• bundle
• lashings
• sight
• oodles
• profusion
• myriad
• shipload
• store
• plenitude
• scads
• bunch
• potful
• pack
• basketful
• deal
• mass
• spate
• thousands
• much
• lashins
• passel
• plentitude
• surplus
• flood
• excess
• plague
• overflow
• rash
• million
• overabundance
• superabundance
• sea
• surfeit
• swarm
• plethora
• embarrassment
• bonanza
• deluge
• oversupply
• superfluity
• epidemic
• redundancy
• press
• horde
• overkill
• overage
• cram
• score
• army
• throng
• flock
• multitude
• overmuch
• crush
• bevy
• legion
• crowd
• host
• mob
• herd
• zillion
• drove
• gazillion
• jillion
• kazillion
• trillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mouthful
• bit
• handful
• taste
• peanuts
• ounce
• touch
• dab
• lick
• particle
• pinch
• grain
• spot
• ray
• ace
• strain
• speck
• dram
• sprinkling
• hint
• mite
• pittance
• fragment
• scrap
• suspicion
• streak
• shadow
• atom
• nip
• shade
• molecule
• dot
• sprinkle
• crumb
• granule
• glimmer
• trace
• tad
• mote
• scruple
• modicum
• whit
• iota
• scintilla
• shred
• jot
• smidgin
• smidgen
• smidgeon
• drop
• tittle
• smattering
• little
• morsel
• dash
• piece
• fleck
• portion
• section
• smidge
• driblet
• shot
• nubbin
• flyspeck
• lack
• shortage
• absence
• smatter
• poverty
• paucity
• famine
• scarcity
• dearth
• want
• deficiency
• deficit
• insufficiency
• inadequacy
• undersupply
• scarceness
• meagerness
• scantiness
• skimpiness
• scantness

gob

2 of 3

noun (2)

ˈgȯb 

chiefly British

as in mouth

the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal

he threatened the yob with a punch in the gob if he didn't stop insulting everyone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mouth
• yap
• piehole
• chops
• kisser
• jaws
• mug
• trap
• face
• puss
• muzzle
• maw
• visage
• countenance
• mandible
• gullet
• maxilla

gob

3 of 3

noun (3)

ˈgäb 

as in sailor

one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel

avast, ye gobs, and haul anchor!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sailor
• mariner
• navigator
• tar
• salt
• swab
• seaman
• hearty
• shipman
• swabby
• sea dog
• swabbie
• jack
• seafarer
• jack-tar
• shipmate
• crewman
• deckhand
• lubber
• coxswain
• able seaman
• limey
• able-bodied seaman
• sailboater
• lime-juicer
• powerboater

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of gob

Noun

Use up gobs of time on acrimonious debates about whether others are using their guides properly. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024

Idyllic 16-Inch Ball Ornament Wreath This 16-inch wreath swaps gobs of foliage for ball ornaments in scrumptious shades of copper and gold. —Miles Walls, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024

Throwing gobs of cash on ads is as useful as burning it if a campaign team isn’t sure what messages move the needle, who is listening, and where the targets land best. —Philip Elliott, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024

Early rumors suggested the desktop chips might copy Intel's or Apple's recent desktop CPUs, swapping to a heterogeneous design that boosted single-core performance with a few large fast cores while supercharging multi-core performance with gobs of smaller efficiency cores. —Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2024