Thesaurus / pile on
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synonyms for pile on
- exaggerate
- overestimate
- overplay
- overrate
- overreach
- overstate
- overuse
- overvalue
- amplify
- belabor
- fatigue
- hype
- magnify
- overburden
- overindulge
- overload
- overtax
- overtire
- overwork
- pressure
- puff
- stretch
- be intemperate
- bite off too much
- do to death
- drive oneself
- go overboard
- go too far
- lay it on
- make federal case
- not know when to stop
- run into the ground
- run riot
- strain oneself
- talk big
- wear down
- wear oneself out
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use pile on in a sentence
It is a lofty and richly-decorated pile of the fourteenth century; and tells of the labours and the wealth of a foreign land.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSI drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRThey soon had a large pile heaped up in the middle of the road which led through the forest.
THE NURSERY, JULY 1873, VOL. XIV. NO. 1VARIOUSA-course, Mrs. Bridger got a nice little pile of money fer it, and paid Curry the balance she owed him.
ALEC LLOYD, COWPUNCHERELEANOR GATESEven Konnel had a small pile before him, although he seemed to be losing some of Lilac's attention to Meadows.
FEE OF THE FRONTIERHORACE BROWN FYFE"There was a pile of 'em that high, Mark," said Perry, waving his hands about a foot above the table.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDHe missed Flora's gay letter of gossip, and looked with narrowing lids at the pile of newspapers.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONIt contained a writing-table (upon which was a telephone and a pile of old newspapers), a cabinet, and two chairs.
DOPESAX ROHMERBut, just examine this heterogeneous pile of 'cigar-lights,' which rears its audacious head upon the table.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.Kingston-on-Thames is still provincial in appearance, though now the centre of a great growth of modern suburbs.
THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD AND ITS TRIBUTARIESCHARLES G. HARPERWORDS RELATED TO PILE ON
- amplify
- be intemperate
- belabor
- bite off too much
- do to death
- drive oneself
- exaggerate
- fatigue
- go overboard
- go too far
- hype
- lay it on
- magnify
- make federal case
- not know when to stop
- overburden
- overestimate
- overindulge
- overload
- overplay
- overrate
- overreach
- overstate
- overtax
- overtire
- overuse
- overvalue
- overwork
- pile on
- pressure
- puff
- run into the ground
- run riot
- strain oneself
- stretch
- talk big
- wear down
- wear oneself out
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.