hoarding
Amassing beyond need
Hoarding is the compulsive accumulation of possessions, often to the point where living spaces become unusable: The house was filled floor to ceiling—classic hoarding behavior.
The word also describes stockpiling goods during shortages: hoarding of toilet paper, hoarding supplies.
In British English, a hoarding is a large outdoor billboard or a temporary fence around a construction site.
Accumulating supplies in quantity
- panic buyingFear-driven mass stockpiling
- shortagesInsufficient quantities available
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- suppliesResources for a task
essentials · goods · resources · food · toilet paper · gasoline · medicine · crisis
Collected mass over time
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
- amassingCollecting in quantity
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- stashingConcealing for safekeeping
caching · squirreling · storing · keeping · saving · treasures · possessions · valuables
Compulsive repetition disorder
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- clutterUntidy collection of items
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
intervention · therapy · treatment · diagnosis · behavior · tendencies · pathological · chronic
Disorderly, troublesome condition
- pilesMultiple heaped accumulations
- junkWorthless discarded items
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- stuffUnspecified items collectively
belongings · boxes · bags · stacks · heaps · disarray · chaos · overflow
Large outdoor advertising structure
- signagePosted public displays
- posterDisplayed printed notice
- placardNotice on a board
- displayPresentation for viewing
outdoor · construction · scaffolding · banner · panel · printed · temporary · wooden
Boundary structure between properties
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- screenDisplay or barrier
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- construction siteWhere edifices get erected
scaffolding · temporary · wooden · protective · perimeter · safety · pedestrian · walkway
stockpiling
Accumulating supplies in quantity
- panic buyingFear-driven mass stockpiling
- shortagesInsufficient quantities available
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
supplies · essentials · goods · resources · food · toilet paper · gasoline · medicine · crisis · emergency
accumulation
Collected mass over time
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
- amassingCollecting in quantity
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
stashing · caching · squirreling · storing · keeping · saving · treasures · possessions · valuables · collectibles
OCD
Compulsive repetition disorder
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- clutterUntidy collection of items
squalor · intervention · therapy · treatment · diagnosis · behavior · tendencies · pathological · chronic · severe
mess
Disorderly, troublesome condition
stuff · belongings · boxes · bags · stacks · heaps · disarray · chaos · overflow · cramped
billboard
Large outdoor advertising structure
display · outdoor · construction · scaffolding · banner · panel · printed · temporary · wooden · site
fence
Boundary structure between properties
construction site · scaffolding · temporary · wooden · protective · perimeter · safety · pedestrian · walkway
caching
Temporary local storage
seeds · food · winter · squirrels · chipmunks · hamsters · cheek pouches · burrows · larder · provisions
- gatheringgathering, collecting, accumulating, amassing, compiling
- overdoingoverdoing, overindulging, overkill, excess, overreacting
- selfishnessselfishness, greed, egoism, narcissism, self-centeredness
- compulsionsOCD, compulsion, obsession, handwashing, hand washing
- hoardingclutter, accumulating, collecting, stockpiling, pack rat
- Money Beliefsfrugality, materialism, consumerism, thrift, financial independence
hoardingdistributing
Apportioning among recipients
dispersing · distribution · scattering · disseminating · spreading
hoardingdecluttering
Eliminating unnecessary possessions
discarding · throwing away · purging · disposing · minimalism
- hoarding disorderInability to discard possessions
- hoarding foodAccumulating excess provisions
- toilet paper hoardingAmassing bathroom supplies obsessively
- compulsive hoardingInability to discard possessions
- digital hoardingCompulsive saving of files
- wealth hoardingExcessive accumulation of riches