Synonyms of heaps

heaps 1 of 2

noun

plural of heap

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in piles

a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another

found her shoe under a heap of clothes on the floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

heaps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of heap

1

as in pours

to give readily and in large quantities

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pours
• lavishes
• showers
• rains
• streams
• floods
• gushes
• overwhelms
• overflows
• inundates
• swamps
• hails
• bombards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keeps
• retains
• reserves
• withholds
• holds back

2

as in stacks

to lay or throw on top of one another

heaped the stones in a corner of the yard

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unpiles

3

as in fills

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

heaped her plate with spaghetti

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• fills
• packs
• stuffs
• crams
• brims
• jams
• floods
• jam-packs
• charges
• refills
• gluts
• bulks
• swamps
• bloats
• drenches
• crowds
• shoves
• mats
• squashes
• replenishes
• reloads
• squeezes
• rams
• overflows
• saturates
• repacks
• refreshes
• penetrates
• honeycombs
• overcharges
• crushes
• overfills
• presses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empties
• voids
• clears
• eliminates
• drains
• exhausts
• lightens
• vacates
• draws (off)
• depletes
• sweeps
• evacuates
• bleeds
• cleans
• flushes
• purges
• scours