Synonyms of hoards

hoards 1 of 2

noun

plural of hoard

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stashes
• stockpiles
• stores
• caches
• funds
• deposits
• collections
• treasures
• savings
• provisions
• resources
• coffers
• inventories
• reservoirs
• pools
• harvests
• sinking funds
• reserves
• stocks
• accumulations
• nest eggs
• gatherings
• assemblages
• repertories

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reserves
• supplies
• deposits
• stores
• caches
• collections
• funds
• banks
• stockpiles
• reservoirs
• budgets
• arsenals
• accumulations
• pools
• nest eggs
• stocks
• armories
• gatherings
• assemblages

hoards

2 of 2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stores
• stashes
• treasures
• accumulates
• piles
• collects
• stockpiles
• caches
• deposits
• stows
• saves
• conserves
• acquires
• stacks
• gathers
• keeps
• lays up
• lays in
• preserves
• sets aside
• squirrels (away)
• amasses
• salts away
• lays away
• heaps
• assembles
• lays by
• garners
• husbands
• banks
• puts by
• retains
• scrapes (together)
• coffers
• reserves
• concentrates
• rounds up
• stocks
• buries
• holds
• conceals
• withholds
• secretes
• picks up
• sets by
• ensconces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ditches
• casts
• dumps
• discards
• consumes
• unloads
• wastes
• flings (off or away)
• spends
• throws out
• throws away
• squanders
• relinquishes
• uses up
• surrenders
• jettisons
• hands out
• blows
• runs through
• lavishes
• exhausts
• dissipates
• hands over
• expends
• depletes
• scatters
• impoverishes
• disperses
• dispels
• misspends
• fritters (away)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hoards

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

Sarauw said hoards were typically buried to safeguard wealth during uncertain times. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

The Arab coins, known as dirhams, are cut up and have similar inscriptions to those found in silver hoards from the 9th century, Nordjyske Museer said. — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Though bronze objects had been found previously, with other Wendel rings reported surfacing nearby, neck rings are typically found buried with other goods or in hoards. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026

They’re particularly drawn to red, so these feeders attract them in hoards. — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026

According to Tillich, instrument requests come in hoards, matching the enormous student population the school serves. — Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 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

Verb

The film centers on a near-future in which wealth can buy biological youth, pitting an aging elite that hoards money and power against a younger generation locked out of both. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026

The belief that there is only enough for one turns an influential person into someone who hoards, hides and takes credit. — Fernando Bc, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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