heaps

1. 1.

   very much

   “thanks heaps”

   colloquialism

Other forms of heaps

plural

heapses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about heaps

What does heaps mean?

heaps means "a large number or amount". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in heaps?

heaps has 1 syllable: heaps. In IPA it is /ˈhips/.

What is another word for heaps?

Close synonyms include tons, dozens, lots, piles, scores. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is heaps a common word?

heaps is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.