Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gobs
1 sense of gobs
Sense 1
tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings -- (a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers")
=> large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount -- (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gob
3 senses of gob
Sense 1
mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog -- (a man who serves as a sailor)
=> sailor, crewman -- (any member of a ship's crew)
Sense 2
gob -- (a lump of slimy stuff; "a gob of phlegm")
=> ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk -- (a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder")
Sense 3
trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob -- (informal terms for the mouth)
=> mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris -- (the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy")