heaps
Lots and lots
Heaps is an informal intensifier meaning a lot or very much, especially common in British and Australian English: Thanks heaps, I feel heaps better.
It can also function as a noun phrase meaning a large quantity: We have heaps of time.
The usage derives from heap as a pile or mound—a heap of something suggests abundance.
Sufficient quantity, and then some
- lotsLarge amount, or parcels
- loadsLarge quantities
- tonsLarge quantities, informally
- massesBulk or populace
oodles · scores · droves · dozens · multitude · profusion · excess · surfeit
Large amount, or parcels
- loadsLarge quantities
- tonsLarge quantities, informally
- massesBulk or populace
- oodlesInformal term for plenty
scads · gobs · lashings · stacks · wads · bags · buckets · rafts
Heaped earth formation
- stackItems piled vertically
- pileAccumulated mass of objects
- accumulationCollected mass over time
- mountainTall natural landmass
mass · dump · hoard · stockpile · pyramid · drift · bank · hillock
plenty
Sufficient quantity, and then some
masses · oodles · scores · droves · dozens · multitude · profusion · excess · surfeit · bounty
lots
Large amount, or parcels
oodles · scads · gobs · lashings · stacks · wads · bags · buckets · rafts
mound
Heaped earth formation
- stackItems piled vertically
- pileAccumulated mass of objects
- accumulationCollected mass over time
mountain · mass · dump · hoard · stockpile · pyramid · drift · bank · hillock · dune
throng
Dense pressing crowd
legion · host · flock · gathering · assembly · congregation · masses · army · sea · pack
brimming
Full to the top
- crammedOverfilled or overstuffed
- stuffedFilled beyond capacity
- burstingBreaking from internal pressure
teeming · laden · overloaded · piled high · stacked · overrun · glutted · swamped · flooded · inundated
- clumpsclumps, lumps, blobs, globs, gobs
- Kiwi Slangkia ora, jandals, yeah nah, she'll be right, good as gold
- massmass, masses, bulk, body mass, atomic mass
- Aussie slangarvo, bogan, brekkie, chook, cobber
- Amountsa lot, a few, a little, some, many
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- dung heapAccumulated animal waste
- scrap heapAccumulation of discards
- trash heap
- compost heapDecomposing organic material stack
- heap onAdd liberally to
- steaming heap