gob
1 of 3noun (1)
ˈgäb 
1
: lump
2
: a large amount —usually used in plural
gobs of money
gob
2 of 3noun (2)
ˈgȯb ˈgäb
ˈgäb chiefly British
: mouth
gob
3 of 3noun (3)
ˈgäb ˈgȯb
ˈgȯb : sailor
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- blob
- chunk
- clod
- clot
- clump
- dollop
- glob
- gobbet
- hunk
- knob
- lump
- nub
- nubble
- nugget
- wad
Noun (2)
- chops
- kisser [slang]
- mouth
- mug
- piehole [slang]
- trap [slang]
- yap [slang]
Noun (3)
- hearty
- jack
- jack-tar
- mariner
- navigator
- sailor
- salt
- sea dog
- seafarer
- seaman
- shipman
- swab
- swabbie [slang]
- swabby
- tar
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English gobbe, probably back-formation from gobet
Noun (2)
probably from Scottish Gaelic, mouth & Irish, beak, pursed mouth
Noun (3)
origin unknown
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1568, in the meaning defined above
Noun (3)
1910, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
gob
noun
ˈgäb
: lump entry 1 sense 1
a gob of mud
gobs
noun
as in loads
a considerable amount has gobs of money Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- loads
- ton
- plenty
- dozen
- slew
- hundred
- bunch
- chunk
- lot
- pile
- wealth
- much
- deal
- quantity
- abundance
- oodles
- scads
- stack
- boatload
- raft
- bundle
- truckload
- fistful
- myriad
- reams
- heap
- basketful
- profusion
- plentitude
- wad
- bucket
- plateful
- carload
- peck
- volume
- bushel
- shipload
- sheaf
- plenitude
- mountain
- lashings
- mass
- mess
- passel
- thousands
- yard
- good deal
- multiplicity
- pack
- potful
- pot
- barrel
- store
- spate
- sight
- lashins
- quite a bit
- all kinds (of)
- surplus
- excess
- overabundance
- flood
- plethora
- surfeit
- score
- superabundance
- rash
- million
- plague
- multitude
- bevy
- overmuch
- deluge
- sea
- bonanza
- embarrassment
- swarm
- superfluity
- oversupply
- horde
- overflow
- cram
- overage
- overkill
- host
- zillion
- epidemic
- throng
- redundancy
- crowd
- legion
- flock
- army
- press
- trillion
- crush
- gazillion
- drove
- herd
- mob
- jillion
- kazillion
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- handful
- sprinkling
- mouthful
- taste
- bit
- hint
- peanuts
- pinch
- touch
- ounce
- modicum
- grain
- dab
- lick
- pittance
- speck
- sprinkle
- shred
- scrap
- strain
- spot
- shade
- glimmer
- suspicion
- smattering
- trace
- streak
- shadow
- particle
- ray
- whit
- ace
- smidgen
- iota
- fragment
- smidgeon
- little
- mite
- scintilla
- molecule
- dot
- scruple
- crumb
- dram
- tad
- smidgin
- nip
- mote
- smidge
- granule
- atom
- piece
- lack
- dash
- drop
- portion
- morsel
- jot
- fleck
- smatter
- tittle
- driblet
- shortage
- paucity
- flyspeck
- section
- shot
- scarcity
- absence
- nubbin
- dearth
- want
- poverty
- deficiency
- deficit
- famine
- insufficiency
- inadequacy
- scarceness
- meagerness
- undersupply
- skimpiness
- scantiness
- scantness