Synonyms for sand
sænd; Fr. sɑ̃d, sɑ̃sand

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. sandnoun

   a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

   Synonyms:
   grit, moxie, gumption, backbone, guts

2. Sand, George Sand, Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baroness Dudevantnoun

   French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)

   Synonyms:
   grit, moxie, gumption, backbone, guts

3. backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumptionverb

   fortitude and determination

   "he didn't have the guts to try it"

   Synonyms:
   mainstay, good sense, lynchpin, grit, mother wit, spine, gritrock, horse sense, gritstone, spinal column, keystone, common sense, linchpin, back, backbone, gumption, anchor, rachis, moxie, guts, vertebral column, sense

4. sandpaper, sandverb

   rub with sandpaper

   "sandpaper the wooden surface"

   Synonyms:
   sandpaper

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. sandnoun

   Synonyms:
   gravel, small pebbles

2. sandverb

   Synonyms:
   cover or sprinkle with sand

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sandnoun

   Synonyms:
   sandy soil, quicksand, syrtis, arena (Med.)

   Associated words:
   dune, downs, arenicolous, burst, sabulosity (sandiness), psammophilous, ammophilous, medano, eschar, os, kame, arenarious

2. sandnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Slang) grit, pluck, nerve, courage, fearlessness, audacity, spirit

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.5 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "sand":

   sable, sands, sandy, sha, arena, sandstorm, sables, ostrich, berm, grit

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How to use sand in a sentence?

1. Jay Sekulow:

   President [Obama] is not very good with lines in the sand, but here’s one he should draw.

2. Suh Kune-yull:

   Blowing up isn't the most ideal way, it might be less dramatic than an explosion, but filling the tunnel up with concrete, or sand or gravel would be best.

3. Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe:

   The trebling of the population in this small and impoverished country, flowing with milk and honey but not with sufficient water, rich in rocks and sand dunes but poor in natural resources and vital raw materials, has been no easy task Indeed, practical men, with their eyes fixed upon things as they are, regarded it as an empty and insubstantial utopian dream.

4. Maria Roussos:

   For versatility, the best carpet shades for most schemes are charcoal, taupe and sand.

5. Tom Iannucci:

   Where we're standing right now looked like an Olympic-sized swimming pool made out of sand, they'd have the backhoe scrape away a foot or two, and then a bunch of the agents would jump in and dig around for a bit.