Synonyms for pile
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : pahyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : paɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for pile Other synonyms for the word pile
- affluence
- aggregate
- aggregation
- amass
- amassment
- assemblage
- bank
- barrel
- boodle
- buildup
- bunch
- conglomeration
- crowd
- crush
- dough
- drift
- flock
- fortune
- gob
- great deal
- hoard
- hunk
- jam
- jumble
- load
- lump
- mass
- mint
- money
- mound
- mountain
- much
- ocean
- oodles
- pack
- peck
- pot
- pyramid
- quantity
- riches
- rush
- shock
- stack
- stockpile
- store
- wad
Définition of pile
Origin :- "mass, heap," early 15c., originally "pillar, pier of a bridge," from Middle French pile and directly from Latin pila "stone barrier, pillar, pier" (see pillar). Sense development in Latin from "pier, harbor wall of stones," to "something heaped up." In English, sense of "heap of things" is attested from mid-15c. (the verb in this sense is recorded from mid-14c.). The meaning "large building" (late 14c.) is probably the same word.
- noun heap, collection
- noun wealth
- verb gather, pack; put on top of another
- This afternoon I took a round of angles and bearings from a pile of stones on the hill.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Far away was the night nurse's desk, with its lamp, its annunciator, its pile of records.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- It would have saved somebody in New York a pile of money if you had left it.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- One or two arose wearily and stiffly, and dragged their loads to the pile.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- Then she saw Kingozi himself take his place by the pile of loads.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- There was a copy of Romeo and Juliet perched on top of a pile of books.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- Who that has poached a pile does not gravitate there, as the needle to the pole?
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870 » by Various
- Then, to pile Ossa on Pelion, the dogs of Tomieh arrived to pay a visit.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Heap it all over the pile of cake, so as entirely to cover it.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- But the wall builders were afraid to pile too great a weight upon it.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
Antonyms for pile
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