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 of gob in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Media outlets spent gobs of money to cover the confab, deploying heaps of journalists to flood the zone with coverage. —Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 20 July 2024

The Chiefs don’t have gobs of money sitting around following Chris Jones’ massive deal this offseason, so Veach’s decision here will be noteworthy. —Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2024

Having sat through the screening Tarantino was gob smacked how period Jackie Brown felt in the 1995 of it all from busy malls to lack of cell phones. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 June 2024

But the favorite is former National Security Council adviser Eugene Vindman, who has managed to raise gobs of cash in part due to his notoriety as one of the key whistleblowers whose actions led to Trump’s first impeachment. —Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 17 June 2024