Synonyms of piles

piles 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of pile

1

as in stacks

a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another

a large pile of newspapers that needed to be disposed of

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stacks
• mounds
• heaps
• mountains
• hills
• cocks
• hoards
• layers
• collections
• beds
• accumulations
• arrays
• banks
• assemblages
• embankments
• drifts
• jumbles
• pyramids
• groupings
• aggregates
• barrows
• bars
• ricks
• gatherings
• pyres
• mows
• cairns
• conglomerations
• knots
• pileups
• huddles

2

as in loads

a considerable amount

a job that paid piles of money

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• tons
• chunks
• stacks
• bunches
• bundles
• quantities
• lots
• hundreds
• deals
• rafts
• dozens
• slews
• dozen
• wealths
• masses
• plenties
• heaps
• buckets
• truckloads
• abundances
• reams
• myriads
• gobs
• bushels
• fistfuls
• volumes
• wads
• mountains
• scads
• boatloads
• sheaves
• yards
• carloads
• hundred
• oodles
• all kinds (of)
• shiploads
• pots
• barrels
• basketfuls
• packs
• quite a bit
• pecks
• platefuls
• messes
• stores
• multiplicities
• lashings
• sights
• much
• good deals
• profusions
• potfuls
• basketsful
• lashins
• spates
• floods
• thousands
• plenitudes
• plentitudes
• rashes
• plagues
• millions
• surpluses
• passels
• multitudes
• scores
• seas
• excesses
• epidemics
• hordes
• swarms
• bonanzas
• embarrassments
• flocks
• million
• superfluities
• overflows
• armies
• throngs
• redundancies
• trillions
• crowds
• hosts
• zillions
• deluges
• overages
• legions
• overmuch
• herds
• surfeits
• crushes
• overabundances
• oversupplies
• plethoras
• presses
• droves
• superabundances
• mobs
• gazillions
• bevies
• overkills
• jillions
• crams
• kazillions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fragments
• handfuls
• shadows
• bits
• spots
• particles
• ounces
• grains
• scraps
• specks
• shades
• molecules
• strains
• atoms
• streaks
• peanuts
• granules
• mouthfuls
• traces
• tastes
• touches
• hints
• mites
• suspicions
• rays
• shreds
• crumbs
• licks
• scruples
• dots
• flecks
• sprinklings
• sprinkles
• drams
• pinches
• driblets
• aces
• dabs
• little
• glimmers
• nips
• pieces
• motes
• sections
• handsful
• pittances
• nubbins
• smidgens
• drops
• portions
• smidges
• smidgeons
• dashes
• morsels
• flyspecks
• shots
• iotas
• smidgins
• jots
• shortages
• whits
• smatterings
• modicums
• tittles
• scintillas
• absences
• lacks
• deficiencies
• deficits
• wants
• smatters
• scarcities
• inadequacies
• famines
• insufficiencies
• poverties
• dearths
• undersupplies
• paucities

piles

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of pile

1

as in furs

a soft airy substance or covering

the lush pile of the carpeting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• furs
• naps
• lints
• downs
• battings
• flosses
• fluffs
• fuzzes

2

as in wools

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

• wools
• coats
• hairs
• jackets
• furs
• fleeces
• pelages
• pelts
• skins
• hides
• undercoats
• leathers
• underfurs

piles

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of pile

1

as in heaps

to lay or throw on top of one another

piled all the clothes on the chair before putting them away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stacks
• heaps
• mounds
• collects
• layers
• assembles
• gathers
• banks
• groups
• accumulates
• clumps
• masses
• lumps
• concentrates
• pyramids
• amasses
• bunches
• garners

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unpiles

2

as in huddles

to gather into a closely packed group

the kids piled into the car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huddles
• crowds
• bunches
• clusters
• herds
• swarms
• assembles
• presses
• flocks
• conglomerates
• converges
• collects
• surrounds
• concentrates
• hugs
• throngs
• congregates
• foregathers
• convenes
• encircles
• concenters
• forgathers
• mobs
• embraces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• splits (up)
• breaks up
• disperses
• disbands