Synonyms for heap
- noun
- verb
Definitions
- n. 1
A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- n. 2
A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
a heap of earth; a heap of stones
- n. 3
A great number or large quantity of things.
- v. 1
To pile in a heap.
He heaped the laundry upon the bed and began folding.
Example sentences
- load The load of the truck was in excess of three tons.
- pile What is this pile of fur doing in the living room?
- stack Tom walked into the library with a stack of books.
- slew He slew his children, his wife, his concubines, and his servants.
By length
- 3 letters
- lot1, bus1, pot1, wad1, gob1
- 4 letters
- deal1, mass1, load1, mess1, pile1, raft1, slew1
- 5 letters
- sight1, stack1, batch1, mound1, hoard1, amass2
- 6 letters
- plenty2, oodles2, jalopy3
- 7 letters
- cumulus
- 8 letters
- mountain2, cumulate, acervate
- 9 letters
- profusion3
- 10 letters
- collection3, accumulate4, cumulation
- 11 letters
- agglomerate4
- 12 letters
- accumulation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amass2 = 2 syllables).