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

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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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1. Yang Changhua:

   Rio Tinto has to develop the mine as it is a core copper asset to the company, but expected additional copper from the Oyu Tolgoi mine would pile pressure on the global copper market, which is not likely to improve strongly in the coming two years.

2. Marion Underwood:

   Even the parents who would be the most vigilant about monitoring, I believe, most often, wouldn't know enough to know the small hurts that sort of pile up on kids over time.

3. Troy Newman:

   The revocation was based on a pile of lies, including the idea that I promote violence. My 25-year history of peaceful, prayerful action speaks for itself, in spite of many objections by the airlines and Australia. We have been in the air 11 hours and will land in about [four]. Please pray that we can get past immigration so the truth can be told throughout Australia.

4. James Levine:

   The fidget itself is actually a reflection of the brain sending out a signal to get moving, if you can get out and walk around you do that, but if you are stuck behind a desk with a pile of work to do then you just make all the little movements you can.

5. Mike Pooler:

   Krystal Stenson-Garrett know the area, and Krystal Stenson-Garrett get to a point where Krystal Stenson-Garrett don't know the area anymore, the houses on the hill are now in a pile.