scad
1 of 2noun (1)
ˈskad 
plural scad also scads
: any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus)
scad
2 of 2noun (2)
: a large number or quantity —usually used in plural
scads of money
Synonyms
Noun (2)
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- carload
- chunk
- deal
- dozen
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- heap
- hundred
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- loads
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- myriad
- oodles
- pack
- passel
- peck
- pile
- plateful
- plenitude
- plentitude
- plenty
- pot
- potful
- profusion
- quantity
- raft
- reams
- sheaf
- shipload
- sight
- slew
- spate
- stack
- store
- ton
- truckload
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
origin unknown
Noun (2)
probably alteration of English dialect scald a multitude
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1602, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1869, in the meaning defined above
scads
plural noun
as in loads
a considerable amount scads of people showed up for the party Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- loads
- plenty
- ton
- dozen
- slew
- hundred
- bunch
- lot
- pile
- wealth
- chunk
- oodles
- much
- abundance
- quantity
- deal
- gobs
- raft
- boatload
- myriad
- stack
- bundle
- reams
- truckload
- basketful
- plentitude
- fistful
- profusion
- passel
- heap
- plateful
- thousands
- shipload
- carload
- plenitude
- sheaf
- bushel
- multiplicity
- peck
- yard
- lashings
- spate
- good deal
- bucket
- wad
- mountain
- volume
- mass
- pack
- potful
- mess
- store
- pot
- barrel
- lashins
- sight
- plethora
- all kinds (of)
- quite a bit
- surfeit
- overabundance
- surplus
- multitude
- bevy
- flood
- score
- million
- excess
- superabundance
- rash
- overmuch
- zillion
- plague
- bonanza
- superfluity
- deluge
- horde
- swarm
- sea
- legion
- host
- embarrassment
- throng
- oversupply
- cram
- gazillion
- epidemic
- overage
- overkill
- crowd
- flock
- overflow
- jillion
- redundancy
- army
- press
- trillion
- crush
- kazillion
- drove
- herd
- mob
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- handful
- sprinkling
- bit
- taste
- suspicion
- peanuts
- hint
- spot
- pittance
- ounce
- smattering
- modicum
- strain
- touch
- sprinkle
- grain
- glimmer
- trace
- mouthful
- speck
- pinch
- ace
- ray
- shade
- shred
- mite
- scrap
- scruple
- shadow
- iota
- streak
- tad
- whit
- scintilla
- dab
- lick
- fragment
- molecule
- particle
- dram
- smidgen
- nip
- atom
- mote
- jot
- dot
- little
- smidgeon
- smidgin
- crumb
- granule
- smidge
- flyspeck
- portion
- tittle
- section
- lack
- driblet
- piece
- paucity
- dash
- morsel
- drop
- fleck
- shortage
- dearth
- absence
- smatter
- shot
- scarcity
- nubbin
- poverty
- deficiency
- want
- famine
- deficit
- insufficiency
- inadequacy
- scarceness
- scantiness
- meagerness
- undersupply
- skimpiness
- scantness