Heap
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old heap | old set |
| high | high heap | high set |
| nice | nice heap | nice set |
| complete | complete heap | complete set |
| Other adjectives: single, small, entire, massive, large, big, huge, evil, impressive, extra, giant. | ||
Common collocations
| people | heap people | set people |
Both words in one sentence
- In Henri Barbusse's World War I novel Under Fire, set in 1915, the narrator goes with a fellow soldier, Poterloo, to view the village where Poterloo used to live, now an unrecognizable heap of ruins.
Source: Hope Spot / Literature -
Cohen: In a longship set on fire, on top of a heap of the bodies of his enemies, under a burial mound.
Source: Viking Funeral - Hitomi, an otherwise minor character, is in the scrappy heap for one little move that set a chain reaction in motion partially due to being Locked Out of the Loop.
Source: The Scrappy / Anime and Manga
Cite this Source
Set and Heap. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/heap/set
Heap & Set. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/heap/set>.
Set or Heap. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/heap/set.
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