Synonyms of pile

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noun (1)

1

as in stack

a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another

a large pile of newspapers that needed to be disposed of

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stack
• mound
• heap
• mountain
• hill
• cock
• layer
• hoard
• collection
• jumble
• accumulation
• bed
• bank
• array
• assemblage
• embankment
• drift
• pyramid
• grouping
• aggregate
• gathering
• bar
• pyre
• mow
• rick
• cairn
• barrow
• conglomeration
• pileup
• knot
• huddle

2

as in loads

a considerable amount

a job that paid piles of money

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• ton
• plenty
• dozen
• slew
• chunk
• bunch
• stack
• deal
• lot
• quantity
• wealth
• raft
• bundle
• heap
• abundance
• hundred
• truckload
• bucket
• mountain
• basketful
• yard
• gobs
• volume
• fistful
• myriad
• boatload
• all kinds (of)
• sheaf
• reams
• pot
• carload
• pack
• mess
• wad
• mass
• good deal
• bushel
• quite a bit
• profusion
• shipload
• peck
• barrel
• multiplicity
• store
• scads
• plateful
• spate
• much
• potful
• oodles
• plenitude
• thousands
• passel
• sight
• lashings
• score
• surplus
• lashins
• flood
• plentitude
• excess
• plague
• rash
• multitude
• overabundance
• sea
• plethora
• surfeit
• epidemic
• embarrassment
• deluge
• bonanza
• superabundance
• horde
• overflow
• swarm
• superfluity
• million
• crowd
• bevy
• oversupply
• flock
• redundancy
• army
• host
• overkill
• crush
• throng
• overage
• press
• cram
• drove
• herd
• legion
• zillion
• mob
• overmuch
• gazillion
• trillion
• jillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• handful
• bit
• spot
• grain
• strain
• scrap
• sprinkling
• taste
• suspicion
• touch
• fragment
• speck
• shade
• mouthful
• shadow
• ounce
• peanuts
• pittance
• sprinkle
• hint
• shred
• pinch
• trace
• particle
• streak
• ace
• ray
• lick
• mite
• glimmer
• molecule
• atom
• dab
• nip
• tad
• dot
• dram
• mote
• granule
• scruple
• modicum
• crumb
• whit
• piece
• section
• smattering
• jot
• drop
• portion
• iota
• little
• smidgeon
• tittle
• scintilla
• smidgen
• dash
• smidge
• smidgin
• fleck
• morsel
• shot
• driblet
• lack
• shortage
• absence
• flyspeck
• nubbin
• poverty
• paucity
• scarcity
• smatter
• want
• deficit
• deficiency
• famine
• dearth
• inadequacy
• insufficiency
• undersupply
• scarceness
• meagerness
• scantiness
• scantness
• skimpiness

3

as in bundle

a very large amount of money

she made a pile in the stock market just before it headed south

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bundle
• fortune
• bomb
• wad
• mint
• big bucks
• heap
• earth
• packet
• megabucks
• king's ransom
• boodle
• pot
• chips
• cash
• mine
• assets
• property
• treasure trove
• wealth
• riches
• capital
• gold
• bonanza
• means
• dough
• currency
• tender
• legal tender
• wherewithal
• wampum
• bread
• pelf
• lucre
• jack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peanuts
• pittance
• song
• mite
• pocket money
• spending money
• petty cash
• pin money

pile

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noun (2)

1

as in fur

a soft airy substance or covering

the lush pile of the carpeting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fur
• lint
• nap
• batting
• fluff
• down
• fuzz
• floss

2

as in wool

the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick

a dog with such a dense pile that he never minded the cold

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wool
• hair
• coat
• fleece
• jacket
• fur
• skin
• pelage
• pelt
• leather
• hide
• undercoat
• underfur

pile

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verb

1

as in to stack

to lay or throw on top of one another

piled all the clothes on the chair before putting them away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stack
• heap
• mound
• layer
• collect
• assemble
• gather
• accumulate
• bank
• lump
• group
• bunch
• concentrate
• pyramid
• clump
• amass
• mass
• garner

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unpile

2

as in to huddle

to gather into a closely packed group

the kids piled into the car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huddle
• crowd
• bunch
• cluster
• assemble
• flock
• swarm
• press
• herd
• collect
• conglomerate
• converge
• surround
• concentrate
• hug
• mob
• congregate
• throng
• convene
• forgather
• encircle
• concenter
• foregather
• embrace

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• split (up)
• disperse
• break up
• disband

Examples of pile in a Sentence

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Noun

The injury happened in the fourth quarter when McGlinchey got pushed into a pile by Pittsburgh pass-rusher T.J. Watt and got his leg rolled up on by Broncos left tackle Garett Bolles. —Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2024

Grab a brew or some grass, a few of your best buds, and pile into the Trans-Am for a revisit of one of the greatest hangout films ever. —Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2024

Immunity is weakened from lack of food, and hundreds of tons of solid waste pile openly; polio is far from the only disease UNICEF is worried about. —Juwayriah Wright, TIME, 13 Sep. 2024

Now, however, it has been left with a vast and slowly deteriorating pile of solid fuel. —David Fickling, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2024

Phrases Containing pile

• pile (up)