Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stockpile
Participle: stockpiled
Gerund: stockpiling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | stockpile |
| you | stockpile |
| he;she;it | stockpiles |
| we | stockpile |
| you | stockpile |
| they | stockpile |
Perfect
| I | have stockpiled |
| you | have stockpiled |
| he;she;it | has stockpiled |
| we | have stockpiled |
| you | have stockpiled |
| they | have stockpiled |
Past
| I | stockpiled |
| you | stockpiled |
| he;she;it | stockpiled |
| we | stockpiled |
| you | stockpiled |
| they | stockpiled |
Pluperfect
| I | had stockpiled |
| you | had stockpiled |
| he;she;it | had stockpiled |
| we | had stockpiled |
| you | had stockpiled |
| they | had stockpiled |
Future
| I | will stockpile |
| you | will stockpile |
| he;she;it | will stockpile |
| we | will stockpile |
| you | will stockpile |
| they | will stockpile |
Future Perfect
| I | will have stockpiled |
| you | will have stockpiled |
| he;she;it | will have stockpiled |
| we | will have stockpiled |
| you | will have stockpiled |
| they | will have stockpiled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stockpile |
| you | stockpile |
| he;she;it | stockpile |
| we | stockpile |
| you | stockpile |
| they | stockpile |
Perfect
| I | have stockpiled |
| you | have stockpiled |
| he;she;it | have stockpiled |
| we | have stockpiled |
| you | have stockpiled |
| they | have stockpiled |
Imperfect
| I | stockpiled |
| you | stockpiled |
| he;she;it | stockpiled |
| we | stockpiled |
| you | stockpiled |
| they | stockpiled |
Pluperfect
| I | had stockpiled |
| you | had stockpiled |
| he;she;it | had stockpiled |
| we | had stockpiled |
| you | had stockpiled |
| they | had stockpiled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stockpile |
| you | would stockpile |
| he;she;it | would stockpile |
| we | would stockpile |
| you | would stockpile |
| they | would stockpile |
Perfect
| I | would have stockpiled |
| you | would have stockpiled |
| he;she;it | would have stockpiled |
| we | would have stockpiled |
| you | would have stockpiled |
| they | would have stockpiled |
Imperative
| you | stockpile |
| we | Let's stockpile |
| you | stockpile |
Verbs conjugated like 'stockpile'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'stockpile'
stickle,
stockade,
stopple,
stovepipe,
autocompile,
blackpill,
cockbill,
cockle,
compile,
crocodile,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The noun is derived from stock (“supply of anything ready for use”) + pile (“mass of things heaped together”). The verb is derived from the noun.
Sample Sentences
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He stockpiled weapons and took pot shots in the air / He feasted on their lovely bodies like a lunatic [2007 June–July (date recorded), Nick Cave, “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!”, in Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, published 18 February 2008:]
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Shops' shelves were emptied on Friday as people began stockpiling food, with some unable to leave their homes due to the thigh-high snow. [2010 February 7, Adam Gabbatt, “Snow storms cause chaos on US east coast”, in The Guardian:]
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He [Jeff Bezos] once suggested that, by paying college students on every Manhattan block to stockpile products in their apartments and to shuttle them up and down on bicycles, Amazon could edge towards near-instant delivery. [2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2022:]
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The RNC entered June with about $72.4 million in cash reserves, nearly five times the $15 million stockpiled by the DNC, as the two parties gear up for gubernatorial races this fall and next year’s costly midterm elections for Congress. [2025 June 21, Fredreka Schouten and Arit John, “The DNC’s cash crunch deepens as new filings show Republicans with a huge advantage”, in CNN:]