From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
heaps \heaps\ n. a large quantity. See heap, senses 2 and 3; as, he made heaps of money in the stock market.
Syn: tons, dozens, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings. [WordNet 1.5]