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

The North has denied responsibility for the incident and dismissed Seoul's demand to apologize and remove its remaining mines. — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

Before any aid moves, mines will be cleared on the routes into the city, Lubinets said. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Peltola is a gun-owning, fish-catching Alaska-bush native, who has worked for mines and supports oil drilling, and is allied with the state’s largest labor unions. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

Bits are born in mines, factories, data centers, undersea cables, power grids, and human hands. — Amelia Rose Barlow, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

Under Porter's direction, the ensemble mines every beat for honest friction, turning a century-old battle over dignity and artistic ownership into an electrifying stage presence. — La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

The impoverished Reds work as slave labor in the mines of Mars, while the super-strong Golds rule the solar system and war on each other. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

For example, largely because of the environmental disaster that is Weikuang Dam, the country doesn’t permit the development or operation of stand-alone monazite mines—that is, mines where nothing is mined except monazite ore. — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2026

Born 10 miles south of Glasgow into a coal-mining family, Stein worked in the mines while playing semi-professionally. — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Verb

Its monazite comes from the chemical company Chemours, which mines heavy mineral sands in Florida and Georgia to produce titanium and zirconium. — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2026

Hollister selectively mines its past while Abercrombie keeps moving away from it. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Raised in Idaho and rooted now in New York, Hunter mines the rural‑urban divide, religion, parenthood and finances to explore how ordinary people shoulder shame, struggle and a fragile sense of hope. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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