STACKS Synonyms: 224 Similar and Opposite Words

stacks 1 of 2

noun

plural of stack

as in loads

a considerable amount earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay

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as in piles

a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another a stack of playing cards

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stacks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of stack

as in heaps

to lay or throw on top of one another stacked the split logs by the house

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unpiles

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Noun

Databases, orchestration platforms and container systems that operate natively across multiple environments give you flexibility without the burden of managing several infrastructure stacks. — Srini Srinivasan, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 These tall sea stacks stand dramatically against the cool blue sea. — Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026 Alaturca House boasts stacks of shelves stocked full of traditional Turkish rugs, whilst Karadeniz Antik is known for their collection of statues, and Samdan Antique has an impressive selection of midcentury furniture. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026 Inside, you’ll be greeted by Libby, the resident pup, and stacks of fabulous titles lining the walls. — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026 Fans could choose from rows upon rows of cleats, stacks of polos, piles of official football jerseys, bins of socks and racks of helmets. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026 Video released by Spanish authorities showed police arresting suspects and counting large stacks of 50 euro bills found during their searches. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 On that day, the Appropriations committees in both Assembly and Senate will announce whether large stacks of bills in front of their committees get to advance. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026 The material naturally forms stacks with narrow spaces, or channels, between its layers. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026

Verb

Samsung's zHBM, shown at the FMS conference last week, stacks memory directly on the accelerator to multiply effective bandwidth. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Big mistake, though arguably only slightly more stupid than Susan, who stacks the dishwasher cutlery rack with the knives blade up. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026 The bill further stacks the legal deck by putting the burden of proof on the state in court, and by ordering judges to review that proof under the strict scrutiny standard, the most stringent bar in constitutional law. — Andrew Graham july 8, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026 Another scans and stacks them for the next part of the warehouse process. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 To overcome the physical scaling limits facing modern chip designers, IBM’s new nanostack architecture vertically stacks transistors in a staggered layout to pack more transistors into the same chip space. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2026 However, La Ruche takes a different approach and, rather than spreading its limited floorspace across a conventional layout, stacks its living spaces vertically like a tower. — New Atlas, 19 June 2026 For a sturdy and spacious option that easily stacks on top of rolling luggage, look no further than this durable Samsonite weekender, which features a back trolley sleeve with a zippered pocket. — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2026 Some of this can be put down to the production; Kartel’s longtime collaborator and established hitmaker TJ Records conjures a palette more suited to the trebly ionosphere of Spotify streams than the groundshaking speaker stacks that once fortified dancehall’s earthly domain. — Edwin “stats” Houghton, Pitchfork, 17 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stacks

Noun

The type of helicopter that crashed can carry heavy loads and is commonly used in firefighting operations, with the ability to carry a more than 2,000-gallon tank.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
When temperatures exceed 110°F, passenger planes must consider lightening their loads.

— John Vaillant, Time, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

Furious at seeing piles of dead bodies, Wolverine unlocks a rage ability where his devastating attacks do even more damage.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
The system demanded piles of paper to ensure the never-ending influx of goods contained numbers that corresponded correctly, that actually checked out.

— Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of piles

Noun

At another stop, a few dozen faces crowded at the back of a coffee shop in Hampton, Iowa, just after the lunch rush.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Nationwide, a total of 21 executions have been carried out so far this year, including Thursday's, and nearly a dozen more are scheduled, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of dozens

Noun

The book is written in fragmentary fashion, discrete chunks of prose that accrete into a greater whole, much like the ancient mosaics that are among of the novel’s thematic touchstones.

— Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
Some of the largest proposals seeking chunks of Orange County’s lucrative bed tax got the final crack Wednesday at convincing a task force to advance their ideas, which combined would cost billions of dollars.

— Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of chunks

Noun

The hundreds of thousands of homeowners who are now getting their insurance through the California FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan will soon be paying even more.

— John Ramos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Content creator online reviews of hotels, resorts, cruises, restaurants, and airline flights, often with impressive production values, can generate hundreds of thousands, and even millions, of views.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of hundreds

Noun

Are the club working on multiple deals, especially for experienced players?

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
The courses, Cristerna said, would have been useful in learning how to negotiate brand deals, maximize monetization opportunities and cultivate and keep an audience.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of deals

Noun

But jobs are really bundles of tasks, some more amenable to automation than others, according to Stanford professor Charles Jones, a leading scholar of how AI will affect growth.

— Matt Peterson,Kate Rooney, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Brush and tree branches must be put into bundles that do not weigh more than 50 pounds.

— Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2026

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