hoard C2+ Topic:Shopping & Services US /hɔrd/ UK /hɔːd/ See IPA manual Homophones horde /hɔrd/ Meanings 1 verb to accumulate and hide away a store of something The miser hoarded gold coins beneath the floorboards for decades. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to accumulate and hide away... stockpileamassaccumulatestashstorecachesquirrel ↔ Opposites squanderdissipatedispersedistributespend Word family Derived forms hoarderhoarding Related forms hoardable Etymology AI details From Old English hord ('treasure, store, accumulated wealth'), from Proto-Germanic *huzdą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keus- ('to cover, conceal'). hord Old English *huzdą Proto-Germanic *(s)keus- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Shopping & Services External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # hoard **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /hɔrd/ **IPA (UK):** /hɔːd/ ## Meanings 1. to accumulate and hide away a store of something ## Examples - The miser hoarded gold coins beneath the floorboards for decades. ## Synonyms - stockpile - amass - accumulate - stash - store - cache - squirrel ## Antonyms - squander - dissipate - disperse - distribute - spend ## Derived Forms - hoarder - hoarding ## Related Forms - hoardable ## Roots and Affixes - Root: hord - Root: *huzdą - Root: *(s)keus- ## Etymology From Old English hord ('treasure, store, accumulated wealth'), from Proto-Germanic *huzdą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keus- ('to cover, conceal'). ## AI Etymology Hoard comes from Old English hord ('treasure, store, accumulated wealth'), from Proto-Germanic *huzdą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keus- ('to cover, conceal'). The etymological trail includes Old English hord, Proto-Germanic *huzdą, and Proto-Indo-European *(s)keus-. As a verb, hoard means to accumulate and hide away a store of something. The same family is visible in derived forms such as hoarder and hoarding and related forms such as hoardable. ## Topics - Shopping & Services markdown