Synonyms

scads

British

/ skædz /

plural noun

informal a large amount or number

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Etymology

Origin of scads

C19: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

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Hybrid MAX models enjoy full-time AWD and scads of horsepower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

There were scads of lawyers involved at all times in this discussion.

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2025

But while FinTok and MoneyTok content has exploded in recent years, there are scads of videos giving inaccurate or misleading financial advice.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024

Expect emotional speeches delivered to scads of this season’s hopeful nominees, all of whom will work the crowd at every intermission.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023

Regardless of whether the engineers conducted a test in a wind tunnel or in free flight, the output was the same: torrents, scads, bundles, reams, masses, mounds, jumbles, piles, and goo-gobs of numbers.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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