packrat
Desert rodent collector
A packrat is a North American rodent that hoards objects in its nest, particularly shiny items.
The figurative sense dominates: someone who accumulates and refuses to discard possessions, often useless ones.
My grandmother was a packrat—she kept every newspaper since 1972.
The compulsion ranges from harmless clutter to genuine hoarding disorder.
Untidy collection of items
- stashHidden reserve
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- accumulationCollected mass over time
- junkWorthless discarded items
possessions · cache · pile · mess · storage · trinkets · knick-knacks · heap
clutter
Untidy collection of items
- stashHidden reserve
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- accumulationCollected mass over time
junk · possessions · cache · pile · mess · storage · trinkets · knick-knacks · heap · squirrel
whiskers
Facial sensory hairs
nocturnal · gnaw · scurry · forage · incisors · nibble · omnivore · critter · mammal · woodrat
arid
Devoid of water
mesa · juniper · canyon · rocky · southwestern · chaparral · scrubland · woodrat · bushy-tailed · cliff-dwelling
- small mammalsmouse, mice, rats, hamster, hamsters
- compulsivesperfectionist, obsessive, neurotic, control freak, neat freak
- desertsand, sand dunes, sand dune, dune, dunes
- disorderchaos, chaotic, disarray, mess, disordered
- cave dwellersbat, cave cricket, cave spider, cave bear, caveman
- hidersfugitive, runaway, stowaway, escapee, hermit
packratminimalist
One favoring bare essentials
purger · declutterer · spartan · tosser · Marie Kondo
- packrat mentalityCompulsion to keep everything