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stockpile

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of stockpile

a supply stored up and often hidden away

  • an emergency stockpile of potable water and canned goods in the cellar
Synonyms of stockpile

cache, hoard, stash, store
Words Related to stockpile

coffers, deposit, funds, nest egg, savings, sinking fund, treasure

inventory, pool, reserve, reservoir, stock

provisions, resources

accumulation, assemblage, collection, gathering, harvest

repertory

stockpile

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of stockpile

to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place

  • we should be able to stockpile enough vaccine for the upcoming flu season
Synonyms of stockpile

cache, hoard, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, squirrel (away), stash, store, stow, treasure
Words Related to stockpile

accumulate, acquire, amass, assemble, collect, concentrate, garner, gather, pick up, round up, scrape (together)

heap, pile, stack

conserve, husband, preserve

bank, coffer, deposit, hold, keep, reserve, retain, save, set by, stock, withhold

bury, conceal, ensconce, secrete
Phrases Synonymous with stockpile

set aside
Near Antonyms of stockpile

cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling (off or away), jettison, throw away, throw out, unload

consume, squander, use up, waste

hand out, hand over, relinquish, surrender

blow, dissipate, fritter (away), lavish, misspend, run through, spend

deplete, exhaust, expend, impoverish

dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter

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