Synonyms of stockpiling

stockpiling

verb

present participle of stockpile

as in storing

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

we should be able to stockpile enough vaccine for the upcoming flu season

Synonyms & Similar Words

• storing
• stashing
• hoarding
• accumulating
• collecting
• acquiring
• conserving
• stowing
• saving
• treasuring
• preserving
• piling
• caching
• gathering
• stacking
• keeping
• depositing
• laying in
• laying up
• assembling
• setting aside
• amassing
• laying away
• putting by
• laying by
• salting away
• retaining
• squirreling (away)
• squirrelling (away)
• concentrating
• garnering
• reserving
• scraping (together)
• stocking
• husbanding
• burying
• holding
• withholding
• concealing
• heaping
• rounding up
• secreting
• banking
• picking up
• setting by
• ensconcing
• coffering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dumping
• unloading
• discarding
• casting
• wasting
• consuming
• ditching
• jettisoning
• throwing away
• spending
• squandering
• throwing out
• flinging (off or away)
• relinquishing
• using up
• surrendering
• blowing
• handing out
• depleting
• running through
• handing over
• dissipating
• expending
• exhausting
• lavishing
• dispersing
• scattering
• impoverishing
• dispelling
• misspending
• frittering (away)

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of stockpiling

As the dockworker strike heads into its third day, fears of shortages have led some shoppers to start stockpiling goods. —Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024

Most of Syria’s tank units and artillery batteries have disbanded, and much of the country’s massive arsenal of chemical weapons, which Damascus began stockpiling in the 1970s to deter Israel, has been dismantled under international supervision. —Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2016