WAD Synonyms: 255 Similar and Opposite Words

wad 1 of 2

noun

ˈwäd

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as in loads

a considerable amount a starlet who usually gets a big wad of publicity for her nonstop antics

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as in chunk

a small uneven mass a wad of gum stuck to the desk

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as in bundle

a very large amount of money amassed—and lost—a wad playing the stock market

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wad

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verb

as in to round

to form into a round compact mass she wadded up the paper and threw it in the wastebasket took the paper off the straw and wadded it up

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Noun

For more target games, set out cups on a table and try to toss a ping pong ball, yarn pom-pom, or wad of paper into the cups. —

Catherine Holecko, Parents, 29 July 2024 Photos released by the prosecutor’s office showed a mini fridge stuffed with stacks of cash, and an array of Louis Vuitton purses also stuffed with wads of bills. —

Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 26 July 2024

Verb

Some have the familiar mushroom shape of a stalk and a cap, but others resemble fluorescent corals, wads of clear brown jelly, brilliant yellow buttons — bizarre forms visible to the naked eye for only a brief window while the organisms release their spores. —

Rachel Bujalski Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 11 June 2024 All that work, wadded up and tossed into the rubbish bin. —

Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for wad

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