Antonyms for scad
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : skad |
| Phonetic Transcription : skæd |
Definition of scad
Origin :- c.1600, Cornish name for a type of fish (also known as horse mackerel) abundant on the British coast; of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of shad. OED compares Welsh ysgaden "herrings," Norwegian dialectal skad, Swedish skädde "flounder."
- noun heap
- This accordingly doing, we came to the eastern side of Loudon-hill, the trysted place, shortly after the first scad of the dawn.
- Extract from : « Ringan Gilhaize » by John Galt
- I see a man who looks as though the world had used him bad; it sets my jaded heart aglow to give him half a scad.
- Extract from : « Uncle Walt [Walt Mason] » by Walt Mason
Synonyms for scad
- a lot
- abundance
- agglomeration
- aggregation
- amassment
- assemblage
- bank
- batch
- bulk
- bunch
- bundle
- cargo
- clump
- cluster
- collection
- concentration
- congeries
- deposit
- fullness
- gathering
- gobs
- great deal
- harvest
- haul
- hill
- hoard
- jillion
- jumble
- load
- lot
- lots
- lump
- mass
- million
- mint
- mound
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- ocean
- oodles
- plenty
- pot
- profusion
- quantity
- ream
- stack
- stock
- stockpile
- store
- sum
- thousand
- ton
- total
- trillion
- volume
- whole
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