Synonyms of mines

mines 1 of 2

noun

plural of mine

1

as in repositories

an abundant source

a baseball fanatic who is a mine of fascinating trivia about the game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• repositories
• gold mines
• argosies
• treasure troves
• wellsprings
• storehouses
• armories
• cornucopias
• treasure-houses
• stashes
• mother lodes
• hoards
• caches
• stores
• honeypots
• bonanzas
• stockpots
• Golcondas
• gravy trains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• black holes
• sinkholes

2

as in explosives

a usually concealed explosive device designed to go off when disturbed

the soldiers were careful to disarm any mines they found in their path

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explosives
• bombs
• torpedoes
• booby traps
• traps
• hazards
• land mines
• claymore mines
• snares
• pitfalls
• ambushes
• webs
• nets

mines

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of mine

as in booby-traps

to place hidden explosive devices in or under

the troops hurriedly mined the field before relinquishing it to the enemy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• booby-traps
• bombs
• attacks
• traps
• ambushes
• snares
• blows up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mines

Noun

Completed in 1880 as part of the race to reach Leadville’s rich silver mines, the line once served as a major passenger and freight corridor through the Rocky Mountains. — Jocelyn Rowley, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026

Europe’s summer wildfires are igniting and uncovering rusted bombs and mines from WWI and WWII, turning old battlefields into hazardous zones for firefighters and nearby communities. — Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

Regulation of the mines is weak, regularly leading to deadly outcomes. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

When the state failed to secure bids, municipalities had to seek emergency supplies or contact salt mines directly. — Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026

Catalyst mines a company's ticket history for recurring problems, checks what the connected systems' APIs allow and generates the code, workflows and permissions to automate them, then hands the result to an administrator for approval. — Victor Dey, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

The lake's receding waters are also uncovering ghost towns flooded when the Hoover Dam was built, along with prehistoric salt mines. — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Until 1725, India was the world’s lone source of diamonds, and the stone, once weighing over 190 carats, was no doubt discovered in one of the country’s famous mines. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026

Those roads and trails are often where vehicles become vulnerable to artillery, drones, mines, and small arms fire. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026

Verb

The film industry frequently mines the publishing industry for books to turn into films. — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 19 July 2026

The writing team mines their own experiences, both as parents and from their own youth, for plot lines. — Amy Amatangelo, Parents, 1 June 2026

In addition to following and sharing insights from forecasting firms, the team mines social media, pop culture and television, runway collections, people watching and more to determine where style is headed. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 18 May 2026

Her decision to wear such a prominent spring runway piece was certainly a style switch-up for Clooney, who typically mines the archives for rarer, one-of-a-kind garments in the spotlight. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2026

And even if credible veracity comes and goes, Lindsay-Abaire mines them for plenty of laughs. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026

And even if credible veracity comes and goes, Lindsay-Abaire mines them for plenty of laughs, including a couple of total howlers. — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026

The film at least mines some charm from a fender-bender as a meet-cute. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026

The Trumps’ first windfall since my August tally occurred through American Bitcoin, a company that mines new bitcoin with the intent to hoard it. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026