Synonyms of yard

yard 1 of 2

noun (1)

ˈyärd 

1

as in courtyard

an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls)

inmates are allowed an hour of exercise in the prison's inner yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• courtyard
• patio
• quadrangle
• enclosure
• inclosure
• close
• court
• quad
• plaza
• deck
• terrace
• square
• atrium
• peristyle
• forecourt
• place
• curtilage
• parvise
• parvis
• galleria

2

as in park

the area around and belonging to a building

we're looking for a house with a big yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• park
• acres
• backyard
• garden
• premises
• estate
• land
• property
• ground
• campus
• premisses
• parcel
• plot
• demesne
• real estate
• enclosure
• plaza
• realty
• churchyard
• dooryard
• lot
• close
• inclosure
• garth

yard

2 of 2

noun (2)

as in ton

a considerable amount

a composer who produced yards of gorgeous music over the course of a long career

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of yard

Noun

McLaurin led the team with 1,096 receiving yards, and the next best was tight end Zach Ertz, who brought in 654 yards. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025

Image There was something both sinister and sweet about the actress’s Chanel couture look of floral-print bustier dress shrouded in yards and yards of black tulle. —The Styles Desk, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025

His record for career receiving yards at Tulsa was only surpassed in 2022 by Keylon Stokes. —Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025

Twilley went on to play 11 seasons for the Dolphins and finished his pro career with 212 receptions for 3,064 yards and 23 touchdowns. —Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025

Phrases Containing yard

• yard sale