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

Yes, Zaslav took a finished movie — and a really good one at that — and tossed it into the trash heap, deeming it worthy only of a tax write-off. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

Certainly, Nix has won at a rate that puts him near the top of the heap in the NFL, leading the Broncos to the playoffs in each of his first two seasons. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026

Verb

The bulk of the country is now officially in drought, heaping pressure on water resources for households, agriculture and the environment. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Piles of brush have been growing along lawns since Memorial Day weekend, some nearly five feet tall as fresh branches and leaves are heaped atop weeks-old debris. — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026