Synonyms of heap

heap 1 of 2

noun

ˈhēp 

1

as in loads

a considerable amount

she always has a heap of good ideas

you're in a heap of trouble for missing curfew!

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in pile

a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another

found her shoe under a heap of clothes on the floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

heap

2 of 2

verb

1

as in to lavish

to give readily and in large quantities

the critics heaped scorn on the wannabe blockbuster and its implausible plot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lavish
• pour
• rain
• shower
• stream
• flood
• overflow
• swamp
• overwhelm
• gush
• hail
• inundate
• bombard

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keep
• retain
• reserve
• withhold
• hold back

2

as in to stack

to lay or throw on top of one another

heaped the stones in a corner of the yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

as in to fill

to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained

heaped her plate with spaghetti

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fill
• pack
• load
• stuff
• cram
• brim
• jam
• flood
• bulk
• charge
• jam-pack
• glut
• refill
• swamp
• bloat
• shove
• drench
• overflow
• mat
• squash
• replenish
• reload
• ram
• squeeze
• crowd
• refresh
• saturate
• repack
• crush
• honeycomb
• press
• overfill
• penetrate
• overcharge

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• void
• clear
• eliminate
• drain
• vacate
• evacuate
• lighten
• draw (off)
• exhaust
• clean
• sweep
• bleed
• deplete
• flush
• purge
• scour

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heap

Noun

Jentleson heaps blame on Democratic professionals and activists for frittering away the Obama coalition that scored three hundred and sixty-five electoral votes in 2008 and managed sixty Senate seats the next year. — Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

Directed by Peter Farrelly of Green Book fame, this movie will give you heaps of Hollywood nostalgia and a happy dose of underdog narrative. — John Ross, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026

Verb

The news that Elon Musk is being courted as an addition to the investment team at Paramount adds yet more gasoline on this heaping trash fire of a media landscape. — Abigail Disney, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

It’s always heaped with trash, like a municipal dump on a busy thoroughfare. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026