hoard
Miser's hidden stash
A hoard is a hidden store of valuable things—treasure, supplies, money.
The word suggests accumulation beyond immediate need, often kept secret: archaeologists discovered a hoard of Roman coins.
To hoard is to amass and guard such a collection: People hoarded toilet paper during the pandemic.
Hoarding implies excess or anxiety about scarcity.
Accumulated reserve supply
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- stashHidden reserve
- amassCollect in quantity
- accumulationCollected mass over time
heap · pile · trove · reserve · squirrel · gather · collect · aggregate
Element seventy-nine
- jewelsOrnamental precious stones
- coinsMetal money units
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- plunderGoods seized violently
loot · booty · bounty · spoils · pirate · chest · trove · precious
Kept out of sight
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- covertIntentionally concealed
furtive · hideaway · secret · stashed · buried · tucked-away · safekeeping · closeted
Persistent, intrusive preoccupation
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
- neurosisFunctional mental disorder
preoccupation · pathological · disorder · anxiety · irrational · uncontrollable · cluttering · pack-rat
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- possessivenessExcessive attachment to ownership
- selfishnessExcessive concern for oneself
rapacity · graspingness · miserliness · cupidity · insatiability · avaricious · grasping · clutching
Arranging things in advance
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- prepperOne who stockpiles for catastrophe
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
stockpiling · provisions · supplies · rations · self-sufficiency · scarcity · shortage · famine
stockpile
Accumulated reserve supply
accumulation · heap · pile · trove · reserve · squirrel · gather · collect · aggregate · compile
gold
Element seventy-nine
plunder · loot · booty · bounty · spoils · pirate · chest · trove · precious · valuables
hidden
Kept out of sight
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
covert · furtive · hideaway · secret · stashed · buried · tucked-away · safekeeping · closeted · sequestered
obsession
Persistent, intrusive preoccupation
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
neurosis · preoccupation · pathological · disorder · anxiety · irrational · uncontrollable · cluttering · pack-rat · magpie
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- possessivenessExcessive attachment to ownership
selfishness · rapacity · graspingness · miserliness · cupidity · insatiability · avaricious · grasping · clutching · unsharing
preparation
Arranging things in advance
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- prepperOne who stockpiles for catastrophe
bunker · stockpiling · provisions · supplies · rations · self-sufficiency · scarcity · shortage · famine · wartime
- collectionscollection, collections, anthology, anthologies, compilation
- VikingsViking, longships, longship, raiding, Norse settlers
- accumulationaccumulation, heap, pile, stack, stockpile
- build upaccumulate, amass, pile up, snowball, escalate
- buried treasuretreasure, buried treasure, lost treasure, treasure trove, gold
- Dragon SlayingSaint George, Siegfried, Beowulf, Sigurd, slayer
hoardscatter
Distribute in random directions
disperse · distribute · dissipate · dispel · spread
hoardshare
Portion given out
give · donate · give away · distribute · relinquish
- hoarding disorderInability to discard possessions
- hoarding foodAccumulating excess provisions
- treasure hoardAccumulated store of valuables
- dragon hoardMythical reptile's stockpile
- compulsive hoarderOne unable to discard possessions
- toilet paper hoardingAmassing bathroom supplies obsessively