Stacks — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

noun verb plural noun phrase /ˈstak/

Meaning & Definition of Stacks

Stacks (noun)

  1. a large usually conical pile (as of hay, straw, or grain in the sheaf) left standing in the field for storage
  2. an orderly pile or heap
  3. a large quantity or number
  4. the part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building
  5. a tall chimney on a factory, ship, etc., for carrying smoke away

Stacks (verb)

  1. to arrange in a stack, pile
  2. to pile in or on
  3. to arrange secretly for cheating
  4. to add up
  5. to be in a particular state or situation
  6. measure up, compare —usually used with against

Stacks (plural noun)

  1. the rows of shelves where books are stored in a library

Stacks (phrase)

  1. to become violently angry, to lose one's temper

Stacks (noun) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

  1. a considerable amount

    "earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay"

    similar: abundances, barrels, basketfuls, boatloads, buckets, bunches, bundles, bushels, carloads, chunks, deals, dozens, fistfuls, gobs, good deals, heaps, hundreds, lashings (chiefly British), loads, lots, masses, messes, mountains, much, multiplicities, myriads, oodles, packs, passels, pecks, piles, platefuls, plenitudes, plenties, plentitudes, potfuls, pots, profusions, quantities, rafts, reams, scads, sheaves, shiploads, sights, slews, spates, stores, tons, truckloads, volumes, wads, wealths, yards, all kinds (of), quite a bit
    related: epidemics, plagues, rashes, bonanzas, embarrassments, excesses, overabundances, overages, overkills, overmuch, oversupplies, plethoras, redundancies, superabundances, superfluities, surfeits, surpluses, deluges, floods, overflows, armies, bevies, crams, crowds, crushes, droves, flocks, herds, hordes, hosts, legions, mobs, multitudes, presses, scores, seas, swarms, throngs, gazillions, jillions, kazillions, millions, thousands, trillions, zillions
    opposite: aces, bits, dabs, drams, driblets, glimmers, handfuls, hints, licks, little, mites, mouthfuls, nips, ounces, peanuts, pinches, pittances, scruples, shades, shadows, smidgens, specks, spots, sprinkles, sprinklings, strains, streaks, suspicions, tastes, touches, traces
    near: atoms, crumbs, dots, flecks, flyspecks, fragments, grains, granules, iotas, jots, modicums, molecules, motes, nubbins, particles, rays, scintillas, scraps, shreds, tittles, whits, smatterings, smatters, dashes, drops, morsels, shots, pieces, portions, sections, absences, dearths, famines, lacks, paucities, poverties, scarcities, shortages, undersupplies, wants, deficiencies, deficits, inadequacies, insufficiencies

  2. a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another

    "a stack of playing cards"

    similar: cocks, heaps, hills, mounds, mountains, piles
    related: banks, bars, drifts, embankments, beds, layers, mows, pyramids, ricks, barrows, cairns, pyres, accumulations, aggregates, arrays, assemblages, collections, conglomerations, gatherings, groupings, hoards, huddles, jumbles, knots, pileups

Stacks (verb) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

  1. to lay or throw on top of one another

    "stacked the split logs by the house"

    similar: heaps, mounds, piles
    related: banks, layers, pyramids, accumulates, amasses, assembles, collects, concentrates, garners, gathers, groups, masses, bunches, clumps, lumps
    opposite: unpiles

Related Entry: Stack (noun)

Stack is a different word from Stacks. The synonyms below are for stack, not for stacks.

  1. a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another

    "a stack of playing cards"

    similar: cock, heap, hill, mound, mountain, pile
    related: bank, bar, drift, embankment, bed, layer, mow, pyramid, rick, barrow, cairn, pyre, accumulation, aggregate, array, assemblage, collection, conglomeration, gathering, grouping, hoard, huddle, jumble, knot, pileup

  2. a considerable amount

    "earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay"

    similar: abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket, bunch, bundle, bushel, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, lashings (chiefly British), loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, pack, passel, peck, pile, plateful, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, pot, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, sheaf, shipload, sight, slew, spate, store, ton, truckload, volume, wad, wealth, yard, all kinds (of), quite a bit
    related: epidemic, plague, rash, bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, plethora, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, deluge, flood, overflow, army, bevy, cram, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, press, score, sea, swarm, throng, gazillion, jillion, kazillion, million, thousands, trillion, zillion
    opposite: ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, nip, ounce, peanuts, pinch, pittance, scruple, shade, shadow, smidgen, speck, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, taste, touch, trace
    near: atom, crumb, dot, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, grain, granule, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, mote, nubbin, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, shred, tittle, whit, smatter, smattering, dash, drop, morsel, shot, piece, portion, section, absence, dearth, famine, lack, paucity, poverty, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, meagerness, scantiness, scantness, skimpiness

Related Entry: Stack (verb)

Stack is a different word from Stacks. The synonyms below are for stack, not for stacks.

  1. to lay or throw on top of one another

    "stacked the split logs by the house"

    similar: heap, mound, pile
    related: bank, layer, pyramid, accumulate, amass, assemble, collect, concentrate, garner, gather, group, mass, bunch, clump, lump

Related Entry: Stack (up) (verb)

Stack (up) is a different word from Stacks. The synonyms below are for stack (up), not for stacks.

  1. to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass

    "those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here"

    similar: accrete, accumulate, amass, build up, collect, concentrate, conglomerate, gather, mass, pile (up)
    related: agglutinate, clump, lump, bank, drift, ridge
    near: disperse, dissipate, scatter

Related Entry: Chimney stacks (noun)

Chimney stacks is a different word from Stacks. The synonyms below are for chimney stacks, not for stacks.

  1. as in chimneys, flues

    similar: chimneys, flues, smokestacks, channels, conduits, ducts, leaders, lines, penstocks, pipes, troughs, tubes, drainpipes, drains, funnels, hydrants, mains, spouts, standpipes, stovepipes, tiles, waste pipes, waterspouts, pipages, pipelines, pipings

Related Entry: Stack up (against or with) (verb)

Stack up (against or with) is a different word from Stacks. The synonyms below are for stack up (against or with), not for stacks.

  1. to come near or nearer to in character or quality

    "how does the new car stack up against your old one?"

    similar: approach, approximate, compare (with), measure up (to), hold a candle to
    related: add up (to), amount (to), come (to), duplicate, equal, match, mirror, parallel, reflect, border (on), touch (on), verge (on)

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Another Word for Stacks

The most common words with a similar meaning to Stacks:

Chiefly British: lashings
abundances, barrels, basketfuls, boatloads, buckets, bunches, bundles, bushels, carloads, chunks, deals, dozens, fistfuls, gobs, good deals, heaps, hundreds, loads, lots, masses, messes, mountains, much, multiplicities, myriads, oodles, packs, passels, pecks, piles, platefuls, plenitudes, plenties, plentitudes, potfuls, pots, profusions, quantities, rafts, reams

Antonyms & Opposite Words for Stacks

Words with the opposite meaning of Stacks:

aces, bits, dabs, drams, driblets, glimmers, handfuls, hints, licks, little, mites, mouthfuls, nips, ounces, peanuts, pinches, pittances, scruples, shades, shadows, smidgens, specks, spots, sprinkles, sprinklings, strains, streaks, suspicions, tastes, touches

Related Words for Stacks

epidemics, plagues, rashes, bonanzas, embarrassments, excesses, overabundances, overages, overkills, overmuch, oversupplies, plethoras, redundancies, superabundances, superfluities, surfeits, surpluses, deluges, floods, overflows, armies, bevies, crams, crowds, crushes, droves, flocks, herds, hordes, hosts

Near Antonyms of Stacks

atoms, crumbs, dots, flecks, flyspecks, fragments, grains, granules, iotas, jots, modicums, molecules, motes, nubbins, particles, rays, scintillas, scraps, shreds, tittles, whits, smatterings, smatters, dashes, drops, morsels, shots, pieces, portions, sections

Word Forms of Stacks

Inflections: stacked, stacking, stacked up, stacking up, stacks up

Derived words: stacker (noun)

Origin & Etymology of Stacks

Middle English stak, from Old Norse stakkr; akin to Russian stog stack and probably to Old English staca stake

First known use: 14th century

Words & Phrases Containing Stacks

the stacks

Frequently Asked Questions about Stacks

What does "Stacks" mean?

"Stacks" means a large usually conical pile (as of hay, straw, or grain in the sheaf) left standing in the field for storage. As an a noun, a verb, a plural noun and a phrase, it is defined as: a large usually conical pile (as of hay, straw, or grain in the sheaf) left standing in the field for storage. It has 3 distinct senses.

What is another word for "Stacks"?

Other words for "Stacks" include abundances, barrels, basketfuls, boatloads, buckets, bunches, bundles and bushels. The best synonym depends on which meaning of "Stacks" you intend.

What are different ways to say "Stacks"?

There are 139 words and phrases with a similar meaning to "Stacks". Common alternatives include abundances, barrels, basketfuls, boatloads, buckets, bunches, bundles, bushels, carloads and chunks.

What is the opposite of "Stacks"?

Antonyms of "Stacks" include aces, bits, dabs, drams, driblets, glimmers, handfuls and hints. Near antonyms include atoms, crumbs, dots and flecks.

How do you use "Stacks" in a sentence?

Examples of "Stacks" in a sentence: "earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay"; "a stack of playing cards"; "stacked the split logs by the house".

Is "Stacks" a noun, verb, or adjective?

"Stacks" can be used as a noun, a verb, a plural noun and a phrase, depending on the context.

How do you pronounce "Stacks"?

"Stacks" is pronounced /ˈstak/.

What is the origin of the word "Stacks"?

"Stacks" comes from Middle English stak, from Old Norse stakkr; akin to Russian stog stack and probably to Old English staca stake. First known use: 14th century.