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hoarding

verb , present participle of hoard

Synonyms and Antonyms of hoarding

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 of hoarding

caching, laying away, laying by, laying in, laying up, putting by, salting away, squirreling (away) (or squirrelling (away)), stashing, stockpiling, storing, stowing, treasuring

Words Related to hoarding

accumulating, acquiring, amassing, assembling, collecting, concentrating, garnering, gathering, picking up, rounding up, scraping (together)

heaping, piling, stacking

conserving, husbanding, preserving

banking, coffering, depositing, holding, keeping, reserving, retaining, saving, setting by, stocking, withholding

burying, concealing, ensconcing, secreting

Phrases Synonymous with hoarding

Near Antonyms of hoarding

casting, discarding, ditching, dumping, flinging (off or away), jettisoning, throwing away, throwing out, unloading

consuming, squandering, using up, wasting

handing out, handing over, relinquishing, surrendering

blowing, dissipating, frittering (away), lavishing, misspending, running through, spending

depleting, exhausting, expending, impoverishing

dispelling, dispersing, dissipating, scattering

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