Synonyms of hoard

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noun

ˈhȯrd 

1

as in stash

a supply stored up and often hidden away

keeps a hoard of empty yogurt containers in his basement workshop for storing whatnots

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stash
• store
• stockpile
• cache
• collection
• funds
• treasure
• savings
• provisions
• resources
• inventory
• deposit
• reservoir
• harvest
• pool
• sinking fund
• stock
• accumulation
• reserve
• coffers
• nest egg
• gathering
• assemblage
• repertory

2

as in reserve

a collection of things kept available for future use or need

she couldn't find one pencil with an eraser in her entire hoard of pencil stubs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reserve
• supply
• store
• collection
• cache
• deposit
• bank
• fund
• stockpile
• budget
• reservoir
• accumulation
• stock
• arsenal
• nest egg
• pool
• gathering
• armory
• assemblage

hoard

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verb

as in to store

to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place

he's been hoarding empty yogurt containers all winter, with the intention of using them to start seedlings in the spring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• store
• stash
• accumulate
• stockpile
• treasure
• collect
• stow
• conserve
• acquire
• save
• cache
• lay in
• preserve
• put by
• set aside
• pile
• gather
• lay up
• keep
• lay by
• deposit
• stack
• amass
• lay away
• salt away
• squirrel (away)
• assemble
• retain
• heap
• round up
• garner
• husband
• concentrate
• reserve
• scrape (together)
• bury
• withhold
• stock
• hold
• conceal
• set by
• bank
• secrete
• pick up
• coffer
• ensconce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dump
• discard
• unload
• ditch
• cast
• consume
• waste
• jettison
• throw away
• squander
• spend
• throw out
• relinquish
• fling (off or away)
• surrender
• use up
• lavish
• expend
• hand out
• hand over
• deplete
• blow
• dissipate
• run through
• exhaust
• scatter
• impoverish
• disperse
• dispel
• misspend
• fritter (away)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hoard

Noun

The film follows a group of adults in an isolated Pennsylvania farmhouse, as hoards of flesh-eating ghouls overrun the country and infiltrate their residence. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Or AIs could take over the company that trained them and hoard resources. — Geoffrey Irving, Time, 3 Oct. 2026

Verb

Authorities from the Inland Valley Humane Society and Upland Animal Control rescued hundreds of cats in an animal-hoarding case tied to a Southern California nonprofit. — Rina Nakano, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2026

Others prepared to defend themselves and hoarded supplies as if for a siege. — Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026