Meanings
plural hoarders
- One who hoards; one who accumulates, collects, and stores, especially one who does so to excess.
Like many lonely people, he was an inveterate hoarder, making and surrounding himself with objects, barriers against the demands of human intimacy.
2017, Olivia Laing, The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone, New York: Picador, →ISBN, page 61 more example
A bill to demonetize existing French gold coinage has been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies by Deputies Lenoir, Bouffandeau, and Eymond. The purpose is to force hoarders to bring out gold estimated at 4,000,000,000 francs which is still kept in hiding in spite of patriotic appeals to the owners to exchange it for notes.
1917 March 17, “Bill to Demonetize Gold”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: pack rat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who hoards; one who accumulates, collects, and stores, especially one who does so to excess.
Origin
- Old Englishhordere“a treasurer, steward, chamberlain”
- Middle Englishhorder
- Englishhoarder
From Middle English horder, hordere (“a keeper of a store of goods”), from Old English hordere (“a treasurer, steward, chamberlain”), equivalent to hoard + -er.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan acaparador, acaparadora
- acaparadorone who hoards
- acaparadoraone who hoards
Dutch verzamelaar
- verzamelaarone who hoards
Esperanto kolektanto
- kolektantoone who hoards
Finnish rohmu, hamstraaja
- rohmuone who hoards
- hamstraajaone who hoards
French collectionneur
- collectionneurone who hoards
German Messie
- Messieone who hoards
Hebrew אוגר
- אוגר (oger)one who hoards
Italian incettatore, accaparratore
- incettatoreone who hoards
- accaparratoreone who hoards
- accaparratriceone who hoards
Latin accumulātor
- accumulātorone who hoards
Māori makitaunu, kaiwhakapūranga
- makitaunuone who hoards
- kaiwhakapūrangaone who hoards
Portuguese acumulador
- acumuladorone who hoards
Russian скопидом, плюшкин
- скопидом (skopidom)one who hoards
- плюшкин (pljuškin)one who hoards
Spanish acumulador, acumulador compulsivo
- acumuladorone who hoards
- acumulador compulsivoone who hoards
- afecto del síndrome de Diógenesone who hoards
Welsh celciwr, casglwr
- celciwrone who hoards
- casglwrone who hoards
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hoarder
Cite this entry
hoarder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoarder
“hoarder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoarder. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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