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heap

noun

1 a disordered heap of boxes:

pile, stack, mass, mound, mountain, quantity, load, lot, bundle, jumble;

collection, accumulation, gathering;

assemblage, store, stock, supply, stockpile, hoard, aggregation, agglomeration, accrual, conglomeration;

Scottish, , Irish, , & Northern English rickle;

Scottish bing;

rare amassment.

2 we have heaps of room | a heap of troubles:

a lot, lots, a large amount, a fair amount, much, a good/great deal, a deal, a great quantity, quantities, an abundance, a wealth, a profusion, plenty, masses;

many, a great many, a large number, a considerable number, a huge number, numerous, scores, hundreds, thousands, millions, billions;

informal a load, loads, loadsa, a pile, piles, oodles, stacks, scads, reams, wads, pots, oceans, a mountain, mountains, miles, tons, zillions, gazillions, bazillions, more … than one can shake a stick at;

British, informal a shedload, lashings;

North American, informal gobs;

Australian, New Zealand, informal a swag;

vulgar slang a shitload;

North American, vulgar slang an assload.

▷antonyms a little, not much; a few, not many.

verb

she heaped logs on the fire:

pile up, pile, stack up, stack, make a pile of, make a stack of, make a mound of;

assemble, accumulate, collect, amass;

store, store up, stock up, stockpile, hoard.

□ heap something on (also heap something upon)

they heaped praise on her:

shower on, lavish on, load on;

bestow on, confer on, give, grant, vouchsafe, assign to, award to, favor with, furnish with.