Deal
Deal noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: there is a great deal of waste in government
Pile
Pile noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: a job that paid piles of money
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old deal | old pile |
| good | good deal | good pile |
| full | full deal | full pile |
| nice | nice deal | nice pile |
| Other adjectives: complete, single, small, entire, massive, large, big, great, huge, little, fantastic, literal, aforementioned, bigger. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Superman contemptuously responds he has no time to deal with the cyborg twerp and simply blasts limbs off with his heat vision until he is a pile of limbs and moves on.
Source: Combat Pragmatist / Comic Books - If you don't have many friends, or have a great deal of projects, you'll end up being drastically behind on necessary materials...while the other goodies pile up uselessly.
Source: Money for Nothing -
His idea of Make My Monster Grow was having his flunkies pile on top of him, forming a giant mass of Kunekune the Rangers had to call in their mecha to deal with.
Source: Series / Denji Sentai Megaranger
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