1. pile
noun. ['ˈpaɪl'] a collection of objects laid on top of each other.
Synonyms
- aggregation
- muckhill
- compost pile
- pyre
- stack
- stockpile
- shock
- collection
- slagheap
- cumulation
- midden
- muckheap
- woodpile
- mound
- accumulation
- scrapheap
- agglomerate
- compost heap
- dunghill
- funeral pyre
- assemblage
- heap
Antonyms
- flora
- defense
- prosecution
- spread
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
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Words that Rhyme with Pile
- versatile
- worthwhile
- vantuyl
- restyle
- panfile
- monteil
- marseille
- kurzweil
- hostile
- soleil
- revile
- refile
- nevile
- mikhail
- fertile
- delisle
- beguile
- argyll
- while
- trial
- style
- stile
- smile
- awhile
- zile
- wyle
- wile
- weill
- weil
- vile
Example sentences of the word pile
1. Noun, singular or mass
The carpet will brighten up and the pile will raise again.
2. Adjective
Terry is a thick, pile fabric with uncut loops on both sides.
Quotes containing the word pile
1. Books to the ceiling,Books to the sky,My pile of books is a mile high.How I love them! How I need them!I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
- Arnold Lobel
2. A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
3. To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
- Thomas A. Edison
2. pile
verb. ['ˈpaɪl'] arrange in stacks.
Synonyms
- stack
- arrange
- heap
- set up
- rick
Antonyms
- abolish
- unclog
- free
- pull
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
3. pile
noun. ['ˈpaɪl'] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.
Synonyms
- haymow
- great deal
- slew
- passel
- mass
- muckle
- mess
- stack
- mountain
- flock
- wad
- large indefinite amount
- plenty
- large indefinite quantity
- tidy sum
- deluge
- mint
- quite a little
- batch
- deal
- flood
- pot
- mickle
- raft
- good deal
- spate
- lot
- peck
- hatful
- inundation
- torrent
- heap
Antonyms
- disorder
- disagree
- stay
- winterize
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
4. pile
verb. ['ˈpaɪl'] press tightly together or cram.
Synonyms
- throng
- jam
- crowd together
- mob
- pack
Antonyms
- unpack
- decompress
- lack
- deglycerolize
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
5. pile
noun. ['ˈpaɪl'] a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit).
Synonyms
- megabucks
- bundle
- big money
- money
Antonyms
- decrease
- decrement
- sanitariness
- disassembly
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
6. pile
noun. ['ˈpaɪl'] the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave.
Synonyms
- thread
- yarn
Antonyms
- minimum
- scarcity
- empty
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
7. pile
noun. ['ˈpaɪl'] a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.
Synonyms
- column
- sheath pile
- sheet pile
- spile
- pillar
- stilt
- sheet piling
Antonyms
- disorganise
- disorganize
- refrain
- take
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
8. pile
noun. ['ˈpaɪl'] fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs).
Synonyms
- lanugo
- hair
Antonyms
- unite
- cheer
- euphemism
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
9. pile
noun. ['ˈpaɪl'] a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy.
Synonyms
- reactor
- nuclear reactor
- atomic pile
- atomic reactor
Antonyms
- distributive
- orderliness
- order
- natural depression
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)
10. pile
noun. ['ˈpaɪl'] battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta.
Synonyms
- electric battery
- voltaic pile
- battery
Antonyms
- good fortune
- bad luck
- misfortune
- good luck
Etymology
- pil (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- pilum (Latin)
- pile (French)
- pila (Latin)