DUBS Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

dubs 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of dub

as in calls

to give a name to I've dubbed my car the "Lone Ranger," although "Loan Raider" probably would have been more apt

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as in fumbles

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way he dubbed his first attempt at homemade wine, but he got it reasonably right on the second

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dubs

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noun

plural of dub

as in gawks

a clumsy, awkward person even though I wasn't the most graceful skater on the ice, I thought I did well for a dub

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Recent Examples of dubs

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There’s a hard deck on how low my esteem for a guy who dubs Reacher HoboCop can go. — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026 Southern regional language dubs in Telugu and Tamil added further momentum across key circuits. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026 That is, unless you’re motivated to pay individual device prices for a business-specific model (which Microsoft dubs Surface Laptop or Pro for Business). — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026 The stockpiles in Cushing, Oklahoma – which dubs itself the pipeline crossroads of America – fell below 20 million barrels and remained below that critical threshold last week. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 Its publisher dubs Cloudthief a data-center noir, which makes Air a data-center fantasy and last year’s film Eddington a data-center western. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026 This results in what Atlassian dubs the fragmentation tax. — Shani Harmon, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 Soon a tunnel between the ships, then a meeting, with a friendly, inquisitive alien who looks like a sort of craggy spider/crab, whom Grace dubs Rocky. — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026 While Americans searched for spaces for deeper community in that span, CultureCon – which now dubs itself the world's largest meetup of creatives – sprouted from a gathering of 21 people in Ellis' apartment to an annual gathering place for 12,000 attendees. — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026

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His early-season performances helped secure some dubs for those managers who saw the available opportunity in Tampa and who know that Ohio State mints exceptional wide receivers as Mercedes churns out exceptional automobiles. — Sports Betting, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Crunchyroll subscribers can also stream the movie, offered in both Japanese and English dubs, starting the same day. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 The four producers on the project were responsible for producing the full project — including the audio dubs across languages, the music and the score – over six weeks. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 23 June 2026 Kansas City played host to the Tahoe Knight Monsters and beat the visitors twice at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, adding two more dubs to the win column. — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026 YouTube says up to 25% of the test channels' viewers opt for non-English dubs. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025 The film used Flawless technology to assist with dubs and ore family friendly versions of the film. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025 Hulu offers four seasons of Naruto, nine seasons of Shippuden, and one season of Boruto, with episodes varying between English dubs and original Japanese with subtitles. — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dubs

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West, an Alaska cardiac nurse, calls him Gabriel and is asking a Texas judge to give her sole conservatorship, which would put medical decision-making in her hands.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
The maid who let the Clue Gang into the room calls the demonstrably quite fallible Philly cops, who arrive in force.

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of calls

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The process produces pebble-sized lumps called clinker, which are then ground into cement powder.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Combine flour, ground almonds, sugar, lemon zest, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a large bowl and whisk to blend evenly so there are no lumps of sugar.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of lumps

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The International Hydrographic Organization — of which both the United States and Canada are members — works to ensure that the world’s seas, oceans and navigable waters are surveyed and charted uniformly, and also names some of them.

— Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
In addition to Ceja, the suit names two minors as plaintiffs.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of names

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The Las Vegas spectacle, which opened to the public in August 2025, already blows audiences around with tornado-force wind, shakes them with haptic seats, sends giant winged monkeys flying overhead and drops hundreds of foam apples from the ceiling.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
By the time Frey and Felder nearly came to blows backstage in the summer of 1980, however, those threads were too frayed to hold.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of blows

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The wall labels at the Jewish Museum can only hold so much complexity, but that doesn’t stop the objects.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Similarweb labels the finding correlation rather than causation, and the study covers United States desktop users across three verticals.

— Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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Sinner, the 2024 Miami Open champion, became the first man since Roger Federer in 2017 to complete the Sunshine Double — winning Indian Wells and Miami titles back-to-back — and the first in history to win the double without losing a set.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
Let people follow problems across functions, not titles up a ladder.

— May Habib, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026