Synonyms for pad
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1. pad, pad of paper, tabletnoun

   a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge

   Synonyms:
   inking pad, inkpad, lozenge, pill, digs, diggings, launch area, launching pad, pad of paper, lodgings, launch pad, tablet, tab, stamp pad, launchpad, domiciliation

2. padnoun

   the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)

   Synonyms:
   inkpad, lodgings, launch pad, stamp pad, tablet, domiciliation, launchpad, digs, launch area, inking pad, launching pad, pad of paper, diggings

3. pad, inkpad, inking pad, stamp padnoun

   a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp

   Synonyms:
   inkpad, lodgings, launch pad, stamp pad, tablet, domiciliation, launchpad, digs, launch area, inking pad, launching pad, pad of paper, diggings

4. padnoun

   a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort

   Synonyms:
   inkpad, lodgings, launch pad, stamp pad, tablet, domiciliation, launchpad, digs, launch area, inking pad, launching pad, pad of paper, diggings

5. launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch area, padnoun

   a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched

   Synonyms:
   inkpad, lodgings, launch pad, stamp pad, tablet, domiciliation, launchpad, digs, launch area, inking pad, launching pad, pad of paper, diggings

6. diggings, digs, domiciliation, lodgings, padnoun

   temporary living quarters

   Synonyms:
   inkpad, lodgings, launch pad, pad of paper, tablet, stamp pad, digs, launchpad, launch area, inking pad, launching pad, domiciliation, diggings

7. padverb

   the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger

   Synonyms:
   inkpad, lodgings, launch pad, stamp pad, tablet, domiciliation, launchpad, digs, launch area, inking pad, launching pad, pad of paper, diggings

8. embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatiseverb

   add details to

   Synonyms:
   broider, go ballistic, decorate, puff out, detonate, adopt, trudge, have kittens, ornament, slog, embroider, deck, fill out, inflate, puff, lose one's temper, beautify, hit the roof, explode, plod, combust, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, magnify, expand, prettify, amplify, adorn, embellish, lard, fly off the handle, set off, footslog, blow a fuse, enlarge, hit the ceiling, blow up, aggrandise, have a fit, dramatise, tramp, grace, throw a fit, aggrandize, bolster, dramatize, blow one's stack, fancify, puff up

9. slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, trampverb

   walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

   "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"

   Synonyms:
   footslog, stray, dramatise, trudge, wander, range, aggrandise, plug away, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, bolster, cast, peg away, fill out, slug, slog, roam, blow up, swan, roll, aggrandize, embroider, dramatize, embellish, lard, drift, ramble, vagabond, swig, tramp, rove, plod, keep one's nose to the grindstone

10. pad, fill outverb

    line or stuff with soft material

    "pad a bra"

    Synonyms:
    footslog, tramp, fill in, trudge, round out, fatten, plump out, aggrandise, make out, bolster, fat, fill out, aggrandize, slog, plump, blow up, fatten up, embroider, embellish, lard, fatten out, complete, flesh out, dramatise, plod, dramatize, eke out, round

11. pad, bolsterverb

    add padding to

    "pad the seat of the chair"

    Synonyms:
    footslog, tramp, trudge, aggrandise, bolster, fill out, aggrandize, slog, blow up, embroider, embellish, lard, dramatise, plod, dramatize, bolster up

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1. • Block
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   • Paper
   • Platform

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. padnoun

   Synonyms:
   cushion

2. padnoun

   Synonyms:
   horse (for the saddle), saddle-horse

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1. padnoun

   Synonyms:
   cushion, bolster, saddle-cloth, housing

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "pad":

   pads, touchpad, buffer, pane, haps, dap, csa, dcp, ramp, pca, headliner, lining, psa, tampon, panel, padding, cushion, keyboard, block, apc, liner, bloc, platform, platelet

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1. Krista Jenkins:

   It will now be a race to see who can benefit the most and the earliest from this changed landscape, new Jersey may have a head start ... but other states will soon be looking to pad their budgets.

2. Luke Glendening:

   (Tyler Seguin) made a great play, i just tried to get it on net as quickly as I could, and he got his pad out.

3. Joe Biden:

   Oil prices are decreasing, gas prices should too, last time oil was $ 96 a barrel, gas was $ 3.62 a gallon. Now it's $ 4.31. Oil and gas companies shouldn't pad their profits at the expense of hardworking Americans.

4. John Franco:

   What you see is what you get. What you see is what you've always got, we used to call this Bernie Sanders in the 1970s standard speech -- we call it the' yellow legal pad speech' because Bernie Sanders in the 1970s would write it on a yellow legal pad and Bernie Sanders in the 1970s would give, it would be the same goddamn speech Bernie Sanders in the 1970s'd given 400 times in the past !

5. Andy Baker:

   We could put a t-shirt on 20 people in a ward and a clinician can walk in with an i-Pad and see all 20 heart rates.