Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
Source: tatoeba (1818)
Yard
/jɑːd/
Synonyms for "yard" (244 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (49)
Strong matches (73)
coopcoop incoop upcoppercordoncordon offcorralcourtcourtyardcreamerycurtilagedairydefense plantdelimited fielddimedistillerydockyarddollardollar billencircle
Show 39 more words
enclaveencloseenclosureencompassenshrinefactoryfactory beltfactory districtfeeder plantfence infieldfifty centsfinfishfive centsfive hundred dollarsfive-dollar billfive-hundred-dollar billfive-spotfiverflour millfoldfour bitsfrogskingg-notegaolgrandgroundhalf a chalf dollarhalf ghalf grandhangerhedge inhem inhookhousehouse in
Noun(13 words)
Adjective(1 words)
german garten
Related words (122)
hundred-dollar billimpoundimprisonincarcerateincludeindustrial parkindustrial zoneiron manjailkennelkilokilocyclekilogramkilohertzkiloliterkilometerlakhleaguerlistm
Show 79 more words
main plantmanufactorymanufacturing plantmanufacturing quartermastmeasuremewmew upmillmillenniummillepedemilligrammillilitermintmunitions plantmyriadnickelnumberoil refineryone hundred thousandpacking housepalepalingparkpenpen inpennyplantpocketpotterypoundpower plantproduction linepush-button plantquadquadranglequarantinequartquarterrail inred centrefinerysawbucksawmillshipyardshrineshut inshut upsilver dollarskinsmackersparsquarestablesubassembly plantsugar refinerysurroundsuspendertanneryten centsten thousandten-spottennertheaterthouthousandthousand dollarsthousand-dollar billtofttwenty-dollar billtwenty-five centstwo bitstwo-dollar billtwo-spotwall inwinerywrapyard upyards
Adjective(2 words)
icelandic garðurspanish jardín
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: grounds, $100, 1000, area, arena.
- Sentence evidence is available for yard, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, wiktionary, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "yard".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "yard"
Keep "yard" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "yard" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "yard", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "yard" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
31 entriescapacity measurecapacity unitcubage unitcubature unitcubic content unitcubic measuredescriptordisplacement unitenclosureenvironmentfacilityfieldlandlarge integerlength unitlinear measure
Showing 16 of 31 words.
More specific
12 entriesCollocations
10 entriesInflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
162 translations across 79 languages.
Albanian
4 entries- bahçe noun (land around a house)
- gardh noun (land around a house)
- kurt noun (land around a house)
- oborr noun (land around a house)
Arabic
3 entries- حَدِيقَة noun (land around a house)
- يَارْد noun (three feet)
- يَارْدَة noun (three feet)
Armenian
2 entries- բակ noun (land around a house)
- յարդ noun (three feet)
Aromanian
1 entries- curti noun (land around a house)
Asturian
2 entries- antoxana noun (land around a house)
- portalada noun (land around a house)
Bavarian German
1 entries- Huaf noun (land around a house)
Belarusian
3 entries- дво́рык noun (land around a house)
- двор noun (land around a house)
- ярд noun (three feet)
Bengali
1 entries- গজ noun (three feet)
Bulgarian
3 entries- банкнота от 100 долара noun (slang: one hundred units of currency)
- двор noun (land around a house)
- ярд noun (three feet)
Burmese
4 entries- ကိုက် noun (three feet)
- ယာဒ် noun (three feet)
- ဝင်းခြံ noun (land around a house)
- အိမ်ဝင်း noun (land around a house)
Catalan
2 entries- iarda noun (three feet)
- pati noun (land around a house)
Chechen
1 entries- керт noun (land around a house)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏑᏟᎶᏛ noun (three feet)
Chickasaw
1 entries- kasbi noun (land around a house)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 庭院 noun (land around a house)
- 碼 /码 noun (three feet)
- 院子 noun (land around a house)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲟⲛϩ noun (land around a house)
Cornish
1 entries- lath noun (three feet)
Czech
3 entries- dvorek noun (land around a house)
- dvůr noun (land around a house)
- yard noun (three feet)
Danish
1 entries- gård noun (land around a house)
Dutch
1 entries- erf noun (land around a house)
Esperanto
3 entries- jardo noun (nautical: any spar carried aloft)
- jardo noun (three feet)
- korto noun (land around a house)
Estonian
2 entries- jard noun (three feet)
- õu noun (land around a house)
Ewe
1 entries- abɔ noun (three feet)
Finnish
4 entries- huntti noun (slang: one hundred units of currency)
- jaardi noun (three feet)
- piha noun (land around a house)
- puomi noun (nautical: any spar carried aloft)
French
4 entries- cour noun (land around a house)
- jardin noun (land around a house)
- verge noun (three feet)
- yard noun (three feet)
Galician
4 entries- eido noun (land around a house)
- eira noun (land around a house)
- quinteiro noun (land around a house)
- resío noun (land around a house)
Georgian
2 entries- ეზო noun (land around a house)
- იარდი noun (three feet)
German
2 entries- Hof noun (land around a house)
- Yard noun (three feet)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 noun (land around a house)
Greek
3 entries- αυλή noun (land around a house)
- γιάρδα noun (three feet)
- προαύλιο noun (land around a house)
Hebrew
1 entries- חָצֵר noun (land around a house)
Hindi
2 entries- गज़ noun (three feet)
- बाड़ा noun (land around a house)
Hungarian
4 entries- előkert noun (land around a house)
- kert noun (land around a house)
- százas noun (slang: one hundred units of currency)
- udvar noun (land around a house)
Ingrian
1 entries- tarhas noun (land around a house)
Irish
1 entries- slat noun (three feet)
Italian
3 entries- cortile noun (land around a house)
- iarda noun (three feet)
- yard noun (three feet)
Japanese
3 entries- ヤード noun (three feet)
- 庭 noun (land around a house)
- 碼 noun (three feet)
Kazakh
1 entries- ярд noun (three feet)
Khmer
2 entries- ទីធ្លា noun (land around a house)
- យ៉ាដ noun (three feet)
Korean
4 entries- 뜰 noun (land around a house)
- 마 noun (three feet)
- 마당 noun (land around a house)
- 야드 noun (three feet)
Latin
1 entries- ārea noun (land around a house)
Latvian
1 entries- pagalms noun (land around a house)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kiemas noun (land around a house)
Macedonian
1 entries- двор noun (land around a house)
Malay
1 entries- ela noun (three feet)
Norman
1 entries- bel noun (land around a house)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hewş noun (land around a house)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- gård noun (land around a house)
- yard noun (three feet)
Occitan
1 entries- pati noun (land around a house)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آولی noun (land around a house)
Papiamentu
1 entries- curá noun (land around a house)
Persian
3 entries- حیاط noun (land around a house)
- دکل noun (nautical: any spar carried aloft)
- یارد noun (three feet)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Hoff (nds) noun (land around a house)
Polish
3 entries- jard noun (three feet)
- podwórko noun (land around a house)
- podwórze noun (land around a house)
Pontic Greek
1 entries- αυλαία noun (land around a house)
Portuguese
4 entries- cercado noun (land around a house)
- jarda noun (three feet)
- pátio noun (land around a house)
- quintal noun (land around a house)
Romanian
1 entries- curte noun (land around a house)
Russian
3 entries- дво́рик noun (land around a house)
- двор noun (land around a house)
- ярд noun (three feet)
Sardinian
1 entries- apitu noun (land around a house)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dvòrīšte noun (land around a house)
- àvlija noun (land around a house)
- а̀влија noun (land around a house)
- дво̀рӣште noun (land around a house)
Slovak
1 entries- dvor noun (land around a house)
Slovene
1 entries- dvorišče noun (land around a house)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тӱнӱк noun (land around a house)
Spanish
4 entries- patio noun (land around a house)
- vara noun (three feet)
- verga noun (nautical: any spar carried aloft)
- yadra noun (land around a house)
Swahili
1 entries- yadi noun (three feet)
Swedish
4 entries- gård noun (land around a house)
- tomt noun (land around a house)
- trädgård noun (land around a house)
- yard noun (three feet)
Tagalog
1 entries- yarda noun (three feet)
Telugu
1 entries- గజం noun (three feet)
Thai
3 entries- ลาน noun (land around a house)
- สนาม noun (land around a house)
- หลา noun (three feet)
Turkish
2 entries- avlu noun (land around a house)
- yarda noun (three feet)
Tày
2 entries- cai noun (land around a house)
- coo̱ng noun (land around a house)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дво́рик noun (land around a house)
- двір noun (land around a house)
- подві́р'я noun (land around a house)
- ярд noun (three feet)
Urdu
1 entries- گز noun (three feet)
Uzbek
1 entries- yard noun (three feet)
Vietnamese
3 entries- sân noun (land around a house)
- thước Anh noun (three feet)
- yard noun (three feet)
Volapük
1 entries- yad noun (land around a house)
Walloon
1 entries- coû noun (land around a house)
Welsh
3 entries- llath noun (three feet)
- llathau noun (three feet)
- llathen noun (three feet)
Zazaki
2 entries- isig noun (land around a house)
- yarda noun (three feet)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
I always have to check my yard for stagnant pools of water so mosquitoes don't breed there.
Source: tatoeba (1990)
Didn't you see a dog pass through the yard?
Source: tatoeba (16172)
Feeling the house shake, I ran out into the yard at the back of the house.
Source: tatoeba (24274)
Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "yard"?
Closest matches include grounds, $100, 1000, area, arena.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "yard"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.