hoarder

English

Etymology

From Middle English horder, hordere (“a keeper of a store of goods”), from Old English hordere (“a treasurer, steward, chamberlain”), equivalent to hoard +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹdɚ/, /ˈhoɹdɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːdə/
• Hyphenation: hoard‧er

Noun

hoarder (plural hoarders)

1. One who hoards; one who accumulates, collects, and stores, especially one who does so to excess.

Synonyms

• pack rat

Antonyms

• declutterer

Derived terms

• compulsive hoarder

 

Related terms

• hoardy

Translations

one who hoards

• Catalan: acaparador m, acaparadora f
• Dutch: verzamelaar (nl)
• Esperanto: kolektanto
• Finnish: rohmu (fi) (pejorative), hamstraaja (fi)
• French: collectionneur (fr)
• German: Messie (de) m (compulsive, pathological)
• Hebrew: אוגר (he) m (oger)
• Italian: incettatore m, accaparratore m, accaparratrice f
• Latin: accumulātor m
• Maori: makitaunu, kaiwhakapūranga
• Norman: ragdaleux m, ragoteux m
• Portuguese: acumulador (pt) m
• Russian: скопидом (ru) m (skopidom), плюшкин m (pljuškin)
• Spanish: acumulador (es) m, acumulador compulsivo m, afecto del síndrome de Diógenes m
• Welsh: celciwr m, casglwr (cy) m

Anagrams

• hard roe