PADS Synonyms: 240 Similar and Opposite Words

pads 1 of 3

noun

plural of pad

as in notebooks

a number of sheets of writing paper glued together at one edge the waitress keeps a pad in the pocket of her apron to write down orders

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as in beds

a place set aside for sleeping I went back to my pad to get some rest

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as in buffers

something that serves as a protective barrier a pad on the chair to keep it from getting scratched

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as in roofs

the place where one lives welcome to my pad

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pads

2 of 3

verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of pad

as in colors

to add to the interest of by including made-up details the journalist was fired for padding certain stories to make them more interesting

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pads

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of pad

as in treads

to go on foot a cat padded silently by

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Recent Examples of pads

Noun

Expanding to four pads could see that launch rate be at least 100, and Blue Origin has infrastructure in the works to support that. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026 The plan includes a $330 million manufacturing expansion, additional launch pads, and new facilities for payload processing and booster refurbishment. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 The front floating console houses dual 50-watt wireless smartphone charging pads alongside a refrigerator and cooker capable of chilling drinks or warming food. — New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026 For more protection, anti-slip shoe grip pads were also added to the soles of the heels. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 The company will add two more launch and landing pads for New Glenn, its heavy-lift, partially reusable rocket. — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 SpaceX is working to get three Starship pads up and running on Florida's Space Coast, and the company aims to break ground on a $100 billion, 12-pad complex in Louisiana next year. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Past 50, the same instinct dilutes decisions and pads calendars. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Oct. 2026 After decades of creating some of the lightest sleeping pads for camping, Cascade Designs’s latest release is also one of the plushest. — Adam Schram, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Verb

In other words, the additional money that our companies are shelling out to cover higher memory costs ultimately pads these three companies’ bottom lines. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 21 June 2026 Adding the killer’s voice just pads an already too-long book. — Maren Longbella, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025 Not to say there aren’t some clunkers, most notably a jokey take-me-out-to-the-ballgame baseball number that pads the second act, but the Flaherty-Ahrens score was and is Ragtime‘s signature achievement. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025 The exchange is indicative of this odd, frustrating, occasionally intriguing project, which pads out scarce but real nuggets of insight with leading questions and endless clips. — Alison Herman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025 Stanfield is the second new face named this month, after French actor Paul Kircher, as Anderson pads out the ranks of his men’s ambassadors following a rash of appointments on the women’s side. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

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Noun

The best smart notebooks This smart notebook fits in a pocket, has 48 reusable pages and comes with the Pilot Frixion pen required for note-taking.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Lunch boxes, markers, notebooks and notebook filler paper.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025

Definition of notebooks

Noun

The mattresses of both those more and less important beds were hand-stuffed with materials familiar to a Hästens, including horsehair and wool.

— Jaklin Romine Oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
This will create capacity equivalent to about 40 additional beds.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Malawi, which has among the highest fuel pump prices in Africa at more than $3 a liter, highlights the impact of a $100-plus per barrel crude price on import-dependent economies with thin buffers.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026
However, industry analysts warn that this does not mean Europe has adequate emergency buffers.

— , CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of buffers

Noun

Architectural historians describe Googie style as a bold strain of Mid-Century Modernism, notable for big neon signs and swooping roofs, especially popular among restaurants, bowling alleys and car washes, now increasingly rare.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
More than thirteen hundred Waymos whir and glide in the region, the lidar sensors that spin in hat-like domes atop their roofs giving them an air of busy importance.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of roofs

Verb

The latter app colors the map, with pink the most light pollution and black the least.

— Chris McMullen, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Dyes such as indigo, for example, which colors your favorite blue jeans, are actually intended to fade and will do so throughout the life of the garment.

— Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 30 Aug. 2026

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Trump treads carefully The leaders last met in Beijing just four months ago, and could meet twice more later this year.

— Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Through rapid-fire verbal repartee, constant close-ups, and frantic cuts, Deramas treads a careful line between tragedy and comedy, the latter a psychological weapon against the former.

— Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of treads

Noun

Prime members in the team's market can watch through a web browser or the Prime Video app on compatible televisions, phones, tablets, game consoles and other devices.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Parental Controls for Shared Devices Parents can restrict access to adult and inappropriate content, which helps when kids use the same phones, tablets, or laptops.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of tablets

Noun

The bestselling conditioner has managed to earn more than 10,000 perfect ratings from Amazon shoppers who are using it to refresh their couches, leather coats, and more.

— Brittany VanDerBill, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2026
In an ornate Italian Renaissance-style room, participants sit scattered across couches and cushions, cross-legged with their eyes closed.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

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