Pile
Pile noun - A considerable amount.
Usage example: a job that paid piles of money
Shadow
Shadow noun - A very small amount.
Usage example: not even a shadow of a doubt about the defendant's guilt
How words are described
| old | old pile | old shadow |
| full | full pile | full shadow |
| normal | normal pile | normal shadow |
| convenient | convenient pile | convenient shadow |
| Other adjectives: single, deep, massive, large, great, enormous, huge, little, animated, gigantic, literal, said, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
-
Invoked in The Longest Journey: you must assemble a pile of things to make a shadow that resembles one of a man pointing a gun, so that a guy sees it and gets scared.
Source: Scary Shadow Fakeout -
But in its shadow there's a pile of discarded material, wild delusions and ulterior motives, which have been supporting the toku series without ever having the chance to actually shine in the open.
- In Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame, skeletons will revive with full health a few seconds after being slashed into a pile of bones.
Source: Reviving Enemy
Cite this Source
Shadow and Pile. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pile/shadow
Pile & Shadow. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pile/shadow>.
Shadow or Pile. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pile/shadow.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "pile" and "shadow" have occurred on timeline