Synonyms for pile

Noun

1. pile, heap, mound, cumulus, collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

usage: a collection of objects laid on top of each other

2. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew, large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount

usage: (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"; "it must have cost plenty"

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

usage: a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house"

4. down, pile, hair

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

5. voltaic pile, pile, galvanic pile, battery, electric battery

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

6. pile, spile, piling, stilt, column, pillar

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

7. pile, nap, thread, yarn

usage: 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"

8. atomic pile, atomic reactor, pile, chain reactor, nuclear reactor, reactor

usage: a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

Verb

1. stack, pile, heap, arrange, set up, pile up

usage: arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"

2. throng, mob, pack, pile, jam, crowd, crowd together

usage: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"

3. pile, put, set, place, pose, position, lay

usage: place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"