Synonyms for hoard
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : hawrd, hohrd |
| Phonetic Transcription : hɔrd, hoʊrd |
Top 10 synonyms for hoard Other synonyms for the word hoard
- acquire
- agglomeration
- aggregation
- amassment
- collect
- collection
- conglomeration
- cumulation
- deposit
- fund
- garner
- gather
- heap
- hide
- inventory
- keep
- lay away
- lay up
- mass
- pile
- pile up
- put aside for rainy day
- put by
- reserve
- reservoir
- riches
- save
- scrimp
- sock away
- squirrel
- stock
- store
- stow away
- supply
- treasure
- treasure-trove
- wealth
Définition of hoard
Origin :- Old English hord "treasure, valuable stock or store," from Proto-Germanic *huzdam (cf. Old Saxon hord "treasure, hidden or inmost place," Old Norse hodd, German Hort, Gothic huzd "treasure," literally "hidden treasure"), from PIE root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see hide (n.1)).
- noun stockpile
- verb put away, accumulate
- Had the workmen dug six inches deeper, they would have found the hoard.
- Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- This was the one in which the dragon lay guarding the hoard.
- Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
- It was like listening to a child babbling of its hoard of shells.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- In the grave on the hill a hoard it guarded, in the stone-barrow steep.
- Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous
- After his death the dragon takes possession of the hoard and watches over it.
- Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous
- Then it was agreed that Lisa should keep the hoard in her chest of drawers.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- Amongst this hoard of females, however, Florent had one friend.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- Worship his superiorities; wish him not less by a thought, but hoard and tell them all.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- He has, moreover, a hoard of debts, the result of the luxury of his sainted forefathers.
- Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
- If, on the contrary, one should prefer to hoard his wealth, he would be free to do so.
- Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
Antonyms for hoard
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