Synonyms and Antonyms of pile

synonym (synonym of pile)

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hypernym (pile IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (noun.quantity)
    large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
    an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude (noun.quantity)
     
  • a collection of objects laid on top of each other (noun.group)
    accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
    several things grouped together or considered as a whole (noun.group)
     
  • a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure (noun.artifact)
    column, pillar
    (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure (noun.artifact)
     
  • a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) (noun.possession)
    money
    wealth reckoned in terms of money (noun.possession)
     
  • a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy (noun.artifact)
    nuclear reactor, reactor
    (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements (noun.artifact)
     
  • arrange in stacks (verb.contact)
    arrange, set up
    put into a proper or systematic order (verb.contact)
     
  • battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta (noun.artifact)
    battery, electric battery
    a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series (noun.artifact)
     
  • fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) (noun.body)
    hair
    a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss (noun.body)
     
  • place or lay as if in a pile (verb.contact)
    lay, place, pose, position, put, set
    put into a certain place or abstract location (verb.contact)
     
  • press tightly together or cram (verb.motion)
    crowd, crowd together
    to gather together in large numbers (verb.motion)
     
  • the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave (noun.artifact)
    thread, yarn
    a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving (noun.artifact)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF pile relation)

  • (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (noun.quantity)
    deluge, flood, inundation, torrent
    an overwhelming number or amount (noun.quantity)
     
  • (noun.quantity)
    haymow
    a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation (noun.quantity)
     
  • a collection of objects laid on top of each other (noun.group)
    compost heap, compost pile
    a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhill
    a heap of dung or refuse (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    scrapheap
    pile of discarded metal (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    shock
    a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    slagheap
    pile of waste matter from coal mining etc (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    stack
    an orderly pile (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    funeral pyre, pyre
    wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    woodpile
    a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.group)
    stockpile
    a storage pile accumulated for future use (noun.group)
     
  • a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure (noun.artifact)
    sheath pile, sheet pile, sheet piling
    a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage (noun.artifact)
     
  • arrange in stacks (verb.contact)
    rick
    pile in ricks (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    cord
    stack in cords (verb.contact)
     
  • fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) (noun.body)
    lanugo
    the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation (noun.body)
     

derivation (.... is derived from pile)

domain usage (pile is used in .... domain)

  • a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) (noun.possession)
    argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular
    a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) (noun.communication)
     
synonym also hypernym hyponym derivation domain usage agglomerate cumulation batch deal big bucks big money heap up pile up stack up nuclear reactor reactor thread yarn column pillar sheath pile sheet pile lanugo compost heap dunghill midden downy puberulent pilary pilose accumulate amass argot cant jargon lingo patois slang
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