Synonyms of hoards

hoards 1 of 2

noun

plural of hoard

1

as in stashes

a supply stored up and often hidden away

keeps a hoard of empty yogurt containers in his basement workshop for storing whatnots

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stashes
• stockpiles
• stores
• caches
• funds
• deposits
• collections
• treasures
• savings
• provisions
• resources
• coffers
• inventories
• reservoirs
• pools
• harvests
• sinking funds
• reserves
• stocks
• accumulations
• nest eggs
• gatherings
• assemblages
• repertories

2

as in reserves

a collection of things kept available for future use or need

she couldn't find one pencil with an eraser in her entire hoard of pencil stubs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reserves
• supplies
• deposits
• stores
• caches
• collections
• funds
• banks
• stockpiles
• reservoirs
• budgets
• arsenals
• accumulations
• pools
• nest eggs
• stocks
• armories
• gatherings
• assemblages

hoards

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hoard

as in stores

to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place

he's been hoarding empty yogurt containers all winter, with the intention of using them to start seedlings in the spring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stores
• stashes
• treasures
• accumulates
• piles
• collects
• stockpiles
• caches
• deposits
• stows
• saves
• conserves
• acquires
• stacks
• gathers
• keeps
• lays up
• lays in
• preserves
• sets aside
• squirrels (away)
• amasses
• salts away
• lays away
• heaps
• assembles
• lays by
• garners
• husbands
• banks
• puts by
• retains
• scrapes (together)
• coffers
• reserves
• concentrates
• rounds up
• stocks
• buries
• holds
• conceals
• withholds
• secretes
• picks up
• sets by
• ensconces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ditches
• casts
• dumps
• discards
• consumes
• unloads
• wastes
• flings (off or away)
• spends
• throws out
• throws away
• squanders
• relinquishes
• uses up
• surrenders
• jettisons
• hands out
• blows
• runs through
• lavishes
• exhausts
• dissipates
• hands over
• expends
• depletes
• scatters
• impoverishes
• disperses
• dispels
• misspends
• fritters (away)