HOARDS Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

hoards 1 of 2

noun

plural of hoard

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

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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

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hoards

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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

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Noun

Earlier this spring, two hobbyist treasure hunters uncovered one of the largest Viking coin hoards ever found in Norway after discovering dozens of silver coins in a field. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026 Though bronze objects had been found previously, with other Wendel rings reported surfacing nearby, neck rings are typically found buried with other goods or in hoards. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026 They’re particularly drawn to red, so these feeders attract them in hoards. — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026 According to Tillich, instrument requests come in hoards, matching the enormous student population the school serves. — Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026 These transients have brightnesses in between that of classical novas, triggered when a white dwarf hoards material from a companion star thus sparking a runaway nuclear explosion, and supernovas that mark the death of a massive star and the birth of a black hole or a neutron star. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2026 McCarthy, in 2014, speculated there could be other hoards of coins out there. — Justin Pot, Popular Science, 24 Dec. 2025 In that span, the de la Cruz Collection along with several other premier private hoards of art on public exhibit in Miami, helped to wholly redefine the city as a place far more substantial than just a sun’n’fun capital. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025

Verb

But Netflix, which hoards its user data like gold in Fort Knox, offers a larger lump sum upfront, with no residuals and no performance data released. — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026 In Pottersville, one man hoards all the financial profits and political power. — Nora Gilbert, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoards

Noun

There were more tarps on the roof that covered stashes of firewood and fuel containers.

— Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Here are my favorite adds, top stashes and next week’s two-start pitchers.

— John Laghezza, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of stashes

Noun

That money has largely disappeared and billions in central bank reserves remain frozen by the US and its allies over the Taliban’s rights record.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic, backed by significant capital reserves, should be able to withstand periods of turbulence even if market expectations are reset.

— Arjun Kharpal,Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of reserves

Verb

Michael Haskell stores much of his inventory in the garage of his mother's home in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

— Sarah Jackson Valentina Duarte, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
The measure stores a unique encryption key in a silicon-resident fortress that’s built into the device running the browser.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of stores

Noun

Once the night session concludes, an overnight crew drops supplies at each bar and cart, including the souvenir cups, vodka, lemonade and ice.

— Jason Jones, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
That includes a limited-time collection of teen and tween clothes, school supplies and accessories in pastel colors and floral prints from the women's lifestyle brand LoveShack Fancy.

— CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of supplies

Noun

The bank then converts that spending into market share gains across deposits, credit cards, capital markets and banking.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026
Future generations not only had to make up these missing deposits but also the massive investment earnings that could have been achieved.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026

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