| Main Entry: | heap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pile, accumulation |
Synonyms: |
a lot, abundance, agglomeration, aggregation, amassment, assemblage, bank, batch, bulk, bunch, bundle, cargo, clump, cluster, collection, concentration, congeries, deposit, fullness, gathering, gobs, great deal, harvest, haul, hill, hoard, jumble, load, lot, lots, lump, mass, million, mint, mound, mountain, much, ocean, oodles*, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, scad, stack, stock, stockpile, store, sum, thousand, ton, total, trillion, volume, whole |
Antonyms: |
bit |
| Main Entry: | heap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amass, collect in pile |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, add, arrange, augment, bank, bunch, concentrate, deposit, dump, fill, fill up, gather, group, hoard, increase, load, lump, mass, mound, pack, stack, stockpile, store, swell |
| Main Entry: | accumulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather or amass something |
Synonyms: |
accrue, acquire, add to, agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, assemble, bring together, cache, clean up, collect, collocate, compile, concentrate, cumulate, draw together, expand, gain, gather, grow, heap, heap together, hoard, incorporate, increase, load up, lump*, make a bundle, make a killing, mass, pile up, pile*, procure, profit, rack up, roll up, round up, scare up, stack up, stockpile, store, store up, swell, unite |
Antonyms: |
disperse, dissipate, dwindle, lessen, lose, spend, squander, waste |
| Main Entry: | accumulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gathering or amassing |
Synonyms: |
accession, accretion, addition, agglomeration, aggrandizement, aggregation, amassment, augmentation, build-up, chunk, collecting, collection, conglomeration, enlargement, gob, growth, heap, hoarding, hunk, increase, inflation, intensification, mass, multiplication, pile, quantity, stack, stock, store, trove, up, upping |
Antonyms: |
dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, scattering |
| Main Entry: | agglomeration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection |
Synonyms: |
cluster, heap, jumble, load, mass, pile |
| Main Entry: | aggregate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection |
Synonyms: |
accumulation, agglomerate, agglomeration, all, amount, assemblage, body, bulk, combination, conglomerate, conglomeration, gross, heap, lump, mass, mixture, pile, quantity, sum, the works, total, totality, whole, whole ball of wax, whole enchilada, whole schmear, whole shooting match |
Antonyms: |
individual, one, part |
| Main Entry: | aggregate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine into a collection |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, add up, amass, amount, assemble, collect, combine, come, heap, mix, number, pile, sum, total |
Antonyms: |
break up, disperse, divide |
| Main Entry: | amass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather, accumulate |
Synonyms: |
aggregate, assemble, clean up, collect, compile, corral*, garner, heap*, hoard, lay up, make a killing, make a pile, pile, round up, scare up, stockpile, store |
Antonyms: |
disburse, disperse, dissipate, divide, dole, scatter, spend |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quantity |
Synonyms: |
aplenty, bags, bulk, bundle, chunk, expanse, extent, flock, gob, heap, hunk, jillion, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, mess*, mint, mucho, number, oodles*, pack, passel, peck, pile, scads, score, slat, slew, supply, ton, volume, whopper |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
| Main Entry: | automobile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land vehicle; car |
Synonyms: |
auto, bucket of bolts, bug*, buggy, bus, clunker, compact, convertible, crate, four-wheeler, gas guzzler, go-cart, hardtop, hatchback, heap*, jalopy, junker, lemon, limousine, motor car, oil burner, passenger car, pickup truck, ride*, sedan, sports car, station wagon, subcompact, taxi, transportation, truck, tub, van, wheels, wreck* |