Synonyms for pile
paɪlpile

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1. pile

   Synonyms:
   heap, accumulate, gather, store, stuck, amass, collect

   Antonyms:
   demolish, dissipate, squander, scatter, separate, disperse, deal, distribute

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1. pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulusnoun

   a collection of objects laid on top of each other

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, mound, peck, mint, nap, plenty, lot, spile, pitcher's mound, batch, raft, cumulus cloud, quite a little, passel, atomic reactor, hill, spate, muckle, big money, mass, bundle, good deal, stack, mountain, galvanic pile, jalopy, atomic pile, deal, piling, stilt, hammock, big bucks, hummock, chain reactor, megabucks, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, down, great deal, mess, sight, voltaic pile, cumulus, hillock, knoll, bus, cumulation, pitcher, pot, agglomerate

2. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wadnoun

   (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

   "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"

   Synonyms:
   push-down list, flock, destiny, bulk, cud, chaw, multitude, upsurge, atomic reactor, quid, deal, spile, smokestack, caboodle, crapper, commode, throne, troop, fold, bay window, stool, softwood, chew, gage, push-down store, push-down storage, weed, hand, heap, surge, kitty, jalopy, smoke, muddle, band, lot, passel, slew, vision, freshet, potbelly, mussiness, jam, muss, hole, flowerpot, mint candy, visual modality, quite a little, clutch, luck, plentifulness, toilet, masses, ken, mess hall, down, atomic pile, messiness, the great unwashed, peck, tummy, agglomerate, sight, volume, wad, plug, mount, potty, set, nap, portion, skunk, push-down stack, chain reactor, rush, mound, good deal, big money, galvanic pile, pickle, sens, bundle, fate, voltaic pile, draw, stilt, green goddess, people, visual sense, sess, batch, view, pot, stack, mess, bunch, spate, plenteousness, locoweed, piling, bus, bargain, mountain, survey, business deal, plenty, potentiometer, mint, dope, plentitude, cumulus, plenitude, raft, jackpot, mickle, can, big bucks, kettle of fish, mass, tidy sum, corporation, circumstances, hatful, potful, megabucks, circle, grass, great deal, trade, cumulation, fix, muckle, fortune, hoi polloi

3. pile, bundle, big bucks, megabucks, big moneynoun

   a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)

   "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house"

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, mound, peck, mint, nap, plenty, lot, spile, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, atomic reactor, spate, muckle, big money, package, mass, bundle, good deal, stack, mountain, galvanic pile, atomic pile, deal, piling, stilt, big bucks, chain reactor, megabucks, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, down, great deal, mess, parcel, sight, voltaic pile, cumulus, packet, cumulation, sheaf, pot, agglomerate

4. down, pilenoun

   fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, mound, peck, mint, nap, plenty, lot, spile, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, atomic reactor, spate, muckle, big money, chain reactor, bundle, good deal, stack, mountain, sight, atomic pile, deal, piling, stilt, big bucks, voltaic pile, galvanic pile, megabucks, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, down, great deal, mess, mass, down feather, cumulus, cumulation, pot, agglomerate

5. voltaic pile, pile, galvanic pilenoun

   battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, mound, peck, mint, nap, plenty, lot, spile, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, atomic reactor, spate, muckle, big money, chain reactor, bundle, good deal, stack, mountain, sight, atomic pile, deal, piling, stilt, big bucks, galvanic pile, megabucks, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, down, great deal, mess, mass, voltaic pile, cumulus, cumulation, pot, agglomerate

6. pile, spile, piling, stiltnoun

   a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, mound, peck, mint, nap, plenty, lot, spile, batch, raft, long-legs, quite a little, passel, atomic reactor, spate, muckle, big money, stiltbird, mass, bundle, good deal, stack, mountain, galvanic pile, atomic pile, deal, piling, stilt, big bucks, longlegs, chain reactor, bung, megabucks, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, down, great deal, mess, stilt plover, sight, voltaic pile, cumulus, cumulation, pot, agglomerate

7. pile, napnoun

   the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

   "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, mound, peck, mint, nap, plenty, lot, spile, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, atomic reactor, short sleep, spate, muckle, big money, mass, bundle, snooze, good deal, stack, mountain, galvanic pile, atomic pile, deal, piling, stilt, big bucks, chain reactor, megabucks, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, down, great deal, mess, forty winks, sight, voltaic pile, sleep, cat sleep, cumulus, catnap, cumulation, pot, agglomerate

8. atomic pile, atomic reactor, pile, chain reactorverb

   a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, mound, peck, mint, nap, plenty, lot, spile, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, spate, muckle, big money, bundle, good deal, stack, mountain, sight, atomic pile, deal, piling, atomic reactor, big bucks, chain reactor, megabucks, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, down, great deal, mess, galvanic pile, mass, voltaic pile, stilt, cumulus, cumulation, pot, agglomerate

9. stack, pile, heapverb

   arrange in stacks

   "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"

   Synonyms:
   mob, throng, jam, stack, heap, pack

10. throng, mob, pack, pile, jamverb

    press tightly together or cram

    "The crowd packed the auditorium"

    Synonyms:
    mob, wad, ram, backpack, jampack, pack, obstruct, take, heap, crush, tamp, block, occlude, load down, impede, tamp down, bundle, chock up, throng, stack, carry, obturate, cram, jam, close up, compact

11. pileverb

    place or lay as if in a pile

    "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"

    Synonyms:
    mob, throng, jam, stack, heap, pack

Matched Categories

1. • Arrange
   • Battery
   • Column
   • Hair
   • Money
   • Place
   • Yarn

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1. pilenoun

   Synonyms:
   heap, accumulation, mass, collection

2. pilenoun

   Synonyms:
   building, structure, edifice, fabric, erection

3. pilenoun

   Synonyms:
   large stake

4. pilenoun

   Synonyms:
   filament, thread, fibre, staple

5. pileverb

   Synonyms:
   accumulate, amass, heap, collect or gather into a heap

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1. pilenoun

   Synonyms:
   heap, stack, accumulation

2. pileverb

   Synonyms:
   heap, stack, accumulate

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1. List of paraphrases for "pile":

   piles, sack, stack, battery, cell, piling, bed, velvet, stake, heap

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How to use pile in a sentence?

1. Andre Malraux:

   What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets.

2. Darius Paduch:

   Men who are healthy are not expected to lose erectile function solely on the basis of age. However, with each decade of life there is a higher and higher rate of men with ED because of age-related disorders ... which pile up and can cause erection problems. we approach the issue in a matter-of-fact way, so most patients are not embarrassed, as you might think they would be.

3. Harriet Isaac-Cole:

   Ask yourself, ‘How soft or layered do I want the texture and pile of the carpet to be? How do I want it to feel underfoot when I step out of bed?’ for versatility, the best carpet shades for most schemes are charcoal, taupe and sand.

4. Giulio Lombardi:

   It's at the bottom of the investment grade scale because of the high pile of debt that has so far not materially diminished since they concluded the acquisition of SABMiller.

5. Al Sharpton:

   What kind of sickness would make men pile on a man that’s already handcuffed and shackled ?