Synonyms of archives

archives 1 of 2

noun

plural of archive

as in libraries

a place where books, periodicals, and records are kept for use but not for sale

asked that the rare book be brought from the archive

sent the novelist's letters to the archive for preservation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• libraries
• rental libraries
• stacks
• bibliothecas

archives

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of archive

as in compiles

Related Words

• compiles
• stacks
• links
• collates
• systematizes
• piles
• balls
• organizes
• batches
• clusters
• pools
• bunches
• arranges
• heaps
• merges
• huddles
• groups
• combines
• connects
• joins
• scrapes (up or together)
• regroups
• constellates
• herds
• bulks (up)
• rounds up
• unites
• collects
• lumps
• bands
• accumulates
• re-collects
• amasses
• brigades
• regathers
• congregates
• rallies
• corrals
• assembles
• flocks
• concentrates
• garners
• hives
• gathers
• packs
• swarms
• throngs
• musters
• picks up
• presses
• raises

Dissimilar Words

• splits (up)
• dissolves
• breaks up
• disintegrates
• separates
• sends
• severs
• dismisses
• disbands
• dispels
• disperses
• scatters
• dissipates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of archives

Noun

On the night of the killing, Gaines was involved in an altercation, recorded on video, with his brother who also lives on West 21st Place, according to Post-Tribune archives. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Her granddaughter Susan Crater, a Georgetown Law School graduate and former lawyer, picked up the baton, brought the archives to the marketplace and started textiles and wall covering firm Sister Parish Designs in 2000. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

By the early 1970s, more than 2,000 school children were regularly attending lectures at the nature center, according to Times archives. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

To determine whether there was a reason to look further, researchers searched digital archives for existing investigations, finding 20 studies that qualified as suitable. — New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026

Shortly after the explosions at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, media archives show there was a mix of public reassurance, worry, and debate over international nuclear governance. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Before the grand event unfolds, Vogue digs into its very own archives—and back through seasons and seasons of runways—to uncover some of the best Italian supermodels in fashion. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026

Future iterations could safeguard dense digital archives for millennia, or even drift inside human bloodstreams to identify diseases cell by cell. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026

The kind of weird minutiae that only nerds pull out of old archives. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026