scads
- noun
- /skædz/
- Informal
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montones
- There were scads of people at the concert, filling the venue to capacity.
Not throwing scads of money at me to keep me from ankling.
- Not throwing scads of money at me to keep me from ankling.
Examples
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Well, I think scads of research officially shows that stress is not a good thing.
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Doctor Levy has scads, a collection of awards and honors and plaques and trophies and all these wonderful things.
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Not throwing scads of money at me to keep me from ankling.
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She has scads of books on her shelves, covering every topic imaginable.
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The artist produced scads of paintings during her summer residency.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large amount of something
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5.7
A large number of things or people
14
5.9
A large number of things or people
11
8.5
A large amount of something
1
2.1
A very large amount of something, often many people or things
1
1.0
A large number or amount of something
1
2.0
A large number of people or things
1
6.7
A very large amount of something, for example many things or people
1
1.0
A large number, usually more than twelve
A large amount of things, for example work, friends, or food
A large number of people or things
A large amount of things like clothes or money
A large amount of things collected together, often in a stack
A large amount of things, like books or food
A very large amount of something, often said in a friendly or joking way
A very large amount of something
A very large amount of something often said in rude language
Antonyms
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Etymology
Scads probably comes from the name of a fish, the scad, which often swim in very large groups, and one idea is people began to use that image to mean 'a lot' of something. So, scads now means 'a lot' or 'a large number'.