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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gob

Noun

These snack bars from Get Golden deliver a perfect energy boost, sans the dubious ingredients and gobs of refined sugar found in typical bars. —Joni Sweet, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024

CeeDee Lamb didn’t throttle a secondary that has allowed gobs of production to opposing No. 1 receivers. —Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024

Uber and Lyft, now public companies, are losing gobs of money, and the services’ most popular times are Friday evenings, which seems to indicate less that people are ditching their personal cars than ditching their personal cars while drinking. —Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2019

In the last few years, dozens of these funds have raised gobs of cash and signed massive checks for loans to companies with hundreds of millions in cash flow. —Michael Flaherty, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024