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Synonyms for stack

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

1. Pile — to arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack

pile, heap, heap up, accumulate, mound, amass, agglomerate

2. Smash — to crash; to fall

smash, wreck

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A pile. A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.

  2. v. 1

    To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.

    Please stack those chairs in the corner.

  3. v. 2

    To crash; to fall.

    Jim couldn't make it today as he stacked his car on the weekend.

Forms

Plural
stacks → packs, pots, deals, batches…
Past participle
stacked
e.g. stacked → piled, heaped, accumulated, mounded…

Example sentences

  • batch We have received the first trial batch of vaccine.
  • wad Tom pulled a big wad of cash out of his pocket.
  • muckle Many a mickle makes a muckle.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
stackrising
batchsteady
wadrising
mucklerising
passelrising

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

By length

3 letters
lot1, pot1, pac1, wad1
4 letters
deal1, mass1, pack1, mess1, rick1, pile1, mint1, heap1, raft1, peck1, slew1
5 letters
sight1, smash1, wreck1, batch1, flock1, mound1, spate1, amass2
6 letters
plenty2, muckle2, passel2, hatful
8 letters
mountain2
10 letters
accumulate4, smokestack2
11 letters
agglomerate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amass2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
pile
Italiano
elemento
Español
pila
Deutsch
Stapel
Català
pila