Synonyms for ream

Most common

screw · dig out · drill · rime · root · nail

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Verb

Noun

Antonyms

relish, smidge, modicum

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To cream; mantle; foam; froth.

2. n. 1

   A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets. An abstract large amount of something.

   I can't go – I still have reams of work left.

Related words

Phrases

ream out

Forms

Plural

reams → piles, loads, bunches, heaps…

Past participle

reamed
e.g. reamed → screwed, drilled, rimed, rooted…

Example sentences

• screw Do you tighten a screw clockwise or anticlockwise?
• drill Tom can start a fire using just a bow and a drill.
• rime The part of a syllable after the onset is called the rime.
• root Quichua is like the root of the indigenous people.
• nail There is enough iron in your body to make a nail.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters

do¹

3 letters

tap¹

4 letters

fuck¹, load¹, root¹, nail¹, pile¹, heap¹, slew¹, rime¹

5 letters

bunch¹, cream¹, screw¹, drill¹

6 letters

oodles²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (oodles² = 2 syllables).

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