wad

Questions about wad

What is another word for wad?

Across its 5 senses, wad has 27 distinct synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, and others. Each belongs to a specific meaning, listed on this page under the sense it serves.

What is the opposite of wad?

WordNet records no antonym for wad. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for wad split into groups?

Because wad carries 5 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for wad come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of wad

• Full entry for wadAll 5 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for wadWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.