HOARDS Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

hoards 1 of 2

noun

plural of hoard

as in stashes

a supply stored up and often hidden away keeps a hoard of empty yogurt containers in his basement workshop for storing whatnots

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as in reserves

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

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hoards

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verb

present tense third-person singular of hoard

as in stores

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

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Recent Examples of hoards

Noun

Archaeologists discovered two astonishing Iron Age hoards in North Yorkshire, one of them being the largest ever found in British history, which has changed the historical understanding of wealth and power in pre-Roman Britain. —

Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026 These transients have brightnesses in between that of classical novas, triggered when a white dwarf hoards material from a companion star thus sparking a runaway nuclear explosion, and supernovas that mark the death of a massive star and the birth of a black hole or a neutron star. —

Robert Lea, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2026 McCarthy, in 2014, speculated there could be other hoards of coins out there. —

Justin Pot, Popular Science, 24 Dec. 2025 In that span, the de la Cruz Collection along with several other premier private hoards of art on public exhibit in Miami, helped to wholly redefine the city as a place far more substantial than just a sun’n’fun capital. —

Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025 Plus, the brand has been spotted on hoards of celebrities, including Kate Middleton, Reese Witherspoon, and Meghan Markle. —

Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025 The nest hoards of bearded vultures in southern Spain, where the species is extinct, were found to harbor such human artifacts as a crossbow bolt, a slingshot, a wooden lance, and a shoe with an approximate age of 675 years. —

Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025 There was Le Art Mal, wherein the Society spent months gathering hideous paintings and showcased them in a failing gallery, duping hoards of snobs into a fake opening, complete with bad cheese and red wine. —

Chuck Palahniuk, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025 Now, more than ever, social media serves as a critical entry point for hoards of new fans. —

Ben Pickman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025

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But Netflix, which hoards its user data like gold in Fort Knox, offers a larger lump sum upfront, with no residuals and no performance data released. —

Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026 In Pottersville, one man hoards all the financial profits and political power. —

Nora Gilbert, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025

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Noun

This winter has delivered and so grooming was perfect, trees still held soft stashes and the entire mountain was open.

— Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
The downhill portion also requires a varied level of ski skills, equipped to handle all types of conditions, from icy patches to powder stashes.

— Outside, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026