Synonyms of rafts

rafts 1 of 2

noun

plural of raft

as in loads

a considerable amount

the babysitter had to listen to a whole raft of rules before she was allowed to even pick up the baby

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• dozens
• piles
• tons
• hundreds
• bundles
• chunks
• quantities
• bunches
• deals
• lots
• stacks
• slews
• masses
• plenties
• buckets
• abundances
• myriads
• wealths
• mountains
• sheaves
• barrels
• all kinds (of)
• pots
• shiploads
• truckloads
• heaps
• boatloads
• wads
• volumes
• bushels
• yards
• carloads
• reams
• scads
• gobs
• fistfuls
• packs
• quite a bit
• oodles
• basketfuls
• multiplicities
• stores
• lashings
• sights
• potfuls
• platefuls
• good deals
• profusions
• pecks
• scores
• floods
• messes
• thousands
• spates
• plenitudes
• much
• seas
• multitudes
• surpluses
• passels
• rashes
• plentitudes
• swarms
• epidemics
• millions
• plagues
• hordes
• flocks
• excesses
• armies
• bonanzas
• hosts
• throngs
• herds
• crowds
• deluges
• embarrassments
• superfluities
• overages
• redundancies
• mobs
• overflows
• trillions
• legions
• zillions
• oversupplies
• overabundances
• droves
• surfeits
• bevies
• plethoras
• overmuch
• superabundances
• crushes
• presses
• overkills
• gazillions
• jillions
• kazillions
• crams

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• molecules
• particles
• fragments
• shadows
• atoms
• granules
• spots
• strains
• peanuts
• handfuls
• grains
• bits
• shades
• rays
• ounces
• specks
• mites
• tastes
• mouthfuls
• streaks
• dots
• scruples
• shreds
• traces
• scraps
• suspicions
• touches
• drams
• aces
• hints
• dabs
• motes
• sprinkles
• sections
• flecks
• licks
• crumbs
• pinches
• nips
• glimmers
• pieces
• driblets
• pittances
• portions
• shots
• sprinklings
• little
• drops
• morsels
• dashes
• flyspecks
• scintillas
• iotas
• nubbins
• shortages
• smidgens
• whits
• modicums
• tittles
• jots
• deficits
• smatterings
• scarcities
• smatters
• lacks
• absences
• deficiencies
• famines
• wants
• inadequacies
• insufficiencies
• dearths
• poverties
• undersupplies
• paucities

rafts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of raft

as in buoys

Related Words

• buoys
• balloons
• floats
• dangles
• swims
• sails
• suspends
• rides
• drifts
• bobs
• hovers
• glides
• wafts
• hangs
• poises

Dissimilar Words

• sinks
• settles
• dives
• plunges
• dips
• lunges
• submerges
• immerses
• submerses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rafts

Noun

This type of maritime migration is different from the once-common arrivals of rafts and other homemade vessels that Cubans are known to use to escape their homeland, and the overloaded freighters and sailboats used by people fleeing Haiti. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

The Coast Guard had dropped inflatable rafts in the water nearby, but the teen — who was suffering from hypothermia — was too weak to swim to them. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026

Borders are porous; in jet planes and on rafts, desperate people cross oceans. — Robert Stone, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

But there’s plenty to keep kids occupied here from pool toys and rafts to beachside games like jenga and bocce. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026

Some 680 rescuers eventually reached the Gyirong area by foot and via rafts. — Niranjan Shrestha, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

The group had been water tubing on the Muskegon River when their rafts, which were only meant to be used in a pool, broke apart and left them stranded, Jazman's mother, Teresa Hock, told WWMT. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Another historic beach club, Le Carillon (from 1937), features a stylish collaboration with Dolce & Gabbana, with the designers’ vivid Verde Maiolica pattern used for loungers, umbrellas, beach towels-- and even floating rafts. — Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Scientists will also be able to use satellite observations of the pumice rafts to hone estimates of the size of the eruption. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 July 2026