heap (Meaning)
heap (n)
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
a car that is old and unreliable
heap (v)
bestow in large quantities
arrange in stacks
fill to overflow
heap (n.)
A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.
A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile.
A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation; as, a heap of earth or stones.
heap (v. t.)
To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures.
To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to heap on wood or coal.
To form or round into a heap, as in measuring; to fill (a measure) more than even full.
Synonyms & Antonyms of heap
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- handful
- ray
- whit
- touch
- mite
- modicum
- particle
- glimmer
- crumb
- pittance
- fragment
- nip
- atom
- bit
- spot
- granule
- pittance
- peanuts
- molecule
- atom
- speck
- mote
- trace
- smattering
- ace
- shred
- sprinkle
- ray
- handful
- shade
- streak
- scruple
- whit
- dab
- spot
- dram
- trace
- suspicion
- sprinkling
- shadow
- pinch
- mouthful
- taste
- nip
- mouthful
- sprinkle
- mite
- smattering
- shred
- molecule
- hint
- strain
- pinch
- ounce
- modicum
- dot
- shadow
- granule
- particle
- lick
- scrap
- lick
- ace
- dab
- crumb
- dram
- speck
- tad
- peanuts
- hint
- suspicion
- shade
- grain
- sprinkling
- fragment
- glimmer
- scruple
- touch
- tad
- grain
- mote
- scrap
- streak
- strain
- taste
- dot
- bit
- ounce
Synonyms:
- mountain
- peck
- good deal
- bundle
- sight
- mess
- all kinds (of)
- shipload
- truckload
- pot
- spate
- volume
- scads
- profusion
- potful
- hundred
- quite a bit
- gobs
- boatload
- thousands
- sheaf
- abundance
- lashings
- carload
- bushel
- store
- multiplicity
- basketful
- reams
- wad
- yard
- bucket
- barrel
- plateful
- myriad
- oodles
- mass
- much
- pack
- plenitude
- fistful
Antonyms:
- portion
- drop
- driblet
- fleck
- shortage
- scarcity
- piece
- smidgen
- morsel
- absence
- paucity
- little
- poverty
- smidgin
- smatter
- famine
- flyspeck
- shortage
- absence
- jot
- shot
- piece
- section
- poverty
- tittle
- lack
- lack
- section
- dash
- paucity
- iota
- shot
- smidgeon
- little
- driblet
- nubbin
- smidgeon
- dash
- smidge
- drop
- morsel
- tittle
- scintilla
- jot
- scintilla
- smidge
- smidgen
- scarcity
- flyspeck
- portion
- nubbin
- fleck
- iota
- smidgin
- famine
- smatter
Synonyms:
- lashins
- press
- flood
- embarrassment
- passel
- overflow
- cram
- bonanza
- epidemic
- deluge
- superfluity
- crush
- plethora
- million
- throng
- oversupply
- host
- plague
- crowd
- surfeit
- multitude
- rash
- overkill
- army
- surplus
- horde
- legion
- overage
- superabundance
- swarm
- sea
- score
- mob
- overmuch
- bevy
- plentitude
- redundancy
- flock
- overabundance
- drove
- excess
Antonyms:
heap Sentence Examples
- The construction site was littered with heaps of rubble and debris.
- The old man's house was a heap of ruins after the earthquake.
- The children played in a heap of fallen leaves in the autumn.
- The farmer had a heap of hay waiting to be fed to the livestock.
- The museum displayed a heap of ancient artifacts that had been unearthed nearby.
- The wounded soldiers were gathered in a heap on the battlefield.
- The goldsmith had a heap of precious stones and metals in his workshop.
- The landfill site contained a vast heap of garbage and discarded items.
- Scientists were studying a heap of comet debris that had landed on Earth.
- The wealthy landowner had amassed a heap of riches over the years.
FAQs About the word heap
a collection of objects laid on top of each other, (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent, a car that is old and unreliable, bestow in larg
loads, chunk, stack, dozen, bunch, quantity, lot, wealth, deal, plenty
handful, ray, whit, touch, mite, modicum, particle, glimmer, crumb, pittance
The construction site was littered with heaps of rubble and debris.
The old man's house was a heap of ruins after the earthquake.
The children played in a heap of fallen leaves in the autumn.
The farmer had a heap of hay waiting to be fed to the livestock.
