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 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 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

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

Scattered along the walls of the studio were tidy heaps of scarves and mesh, rainbows of stripes, every shade of ballet pink, Uggs of every height. — Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

In the video obtained by AP, divers could be seen jumping from their boats and swimming down to heaps of amphorae, each of which was covered in years of sand and barnacles. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026

Make it with red lentils, zucchini, coconut milk, yogurt, and heaps of warm spices. — Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 2 Aug. 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