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
• dozens
• lots
• hundreds
• chunks
• bunches
• quantities
• deals
• bundles
• slews
• stacks
• rafts
• plenties
• wealths
• masses
• oodles
• myriads
• gobs
• abundances
• scads
• boatloads
• all kinds (of)
• buckets
• truckloads
• reams
• much
• bushels
• mountains
• quite a bit
• carloads
• volumes
• fistfuls
• wads
• shiploads
• yards
• sheaves
• packs
• pots
• lashings
• barrels
• stores
• basketfuls
• platefuls
• multiplicities
• pecks
• sights
• good deals
• messes
• profusions
• potfuls
• scores
• thousands
• plenitudes
• plentitudes
• spates
• floods
• multitudes
• millions
• surpluses
• excesses
• passels
• rashes
• plagues
• seas
• overmuch
• hordes
• swarms
• epidemics
• bonanzas
• hosts
• embarrassments
• crowds
• zillions
• throngs
• superfluities
• flocks
• redundancies
• overflows
• overages
• armies
• 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
• shades
• tastes
• ounces
• grains
• peanuts
• particles
• scraps
• specks
• strains
• traces
• streaks
• mouthfuls
• atoms
• touches
• molecules
• rays
• scruples
• suspicions
• granules
• mites
• licks
• glimmers
• shreds
• flecks
• sprinkles
• dots
• drams
• aces
• crumbs
• pinches
• little
• dabs
• nips
• motes
• sections
• pieces
• sprinklings
• pittances
• driblets
• portions
• smidgens
• drops
• dashes
• morsels
• shots
• lacks
• smatterings
• iotas
• shortages
• flyspecks
• jots
• nubbins
• tittles
• whits
• modicums
• scintillas
• absences
• deficiencies
• wants
• smatters
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heaps

Noun

There’s an outdoor kitchen, heaps of space inside, and sleek sun loungers everyone can relax on with a glass of wine—rosé, naturally. — Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

With its mix of teenage alienation, anti-authority diatribes and heaps of personality disorder, Darko is appealing in a kind of neo-Heathers, anti-establishment way. — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026

Produced by Hollywood stunt champs 87North, the hard-hitting wizards that have been redefining fight choreography since John Wick, Violent Night 2, like its predecessor, promises heaps of gory and satisfyingly kinetic fight scenes. — Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026

There’s heaps of space to run, play, and celebrate at The Homestead—as well as to return time and time again. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

The northern Gulf coast could see Category 2 Hurricane Isaias by the end of the week, with a landfall near Mississippi or Alabama and heaps of rain for the Florida Panhandle this weekend. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

The Los Angeles Dodgers x Vans Sk8-Hi and Era deliver heaps of team branding and a combo of distressing and patchwork-like assembly to separate the shoes from your baseline sports merch. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

In fact, the firm found heaps of inspiration by looking directly at a drawer cluttered with multitools team members no longer carried. — New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026

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

Verb

The Deb drama is far from over, as the film's director and costar Rebel Wilson heaps new allegations onto the already sizable legal pile. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025