Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 heaps · IPA /hiːps/ 01 n. a large quantity. See heap, senses 2 and 3; as, he made heaps of money in the stock market. 1. a large quantity. See heap, senses 2 and 3; as, he made heaps of money in the stock market. See: heap Syn. tons, dozens, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings.