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bank

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bank

1 a number of things considered as a unit
  • a bank of telephones set up for the telethon
Synonyms of bank

array, assemblage, band, batch, battery, block, bunch, clot, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, passel, set, suite
Words Related to bank

accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomeration

agglomeration, assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, mixture, odds and ends, sundries, variety

cycle, run, series, suit
Phrases Synonymous with bank

the whole kit and caboodle
Near Antonyms of bank

entity, item, single, unit
2 a series of people or things arranged side by side
  • a bank of elevators
Synonyms of bank

rank, row
Words Related to bank

chain, column, cue, file, line, procession, queue, range, string, train

echelon, tier

sequence
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bank

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bank

a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)
  • a bank of dirt that the construction workers left behind
Synonyms of bank

bar, drift, mound
Words Related to bank

snowbank, snowdrift

embankment, sandbar

heap, hill, mass, mountain, stack, tuft

bank

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bank

1 to form into a pile or ridge of earth
  • banked sand into little mounds on the beach
Synonyms of bank

hill, mound
Words Related to bank

heap, pile, pyramid, stack

embank

bunch, bundle, clump, lump, mass, wad

accumulate, amass, assemble, collect, conglomerate, gather, group
2 to put in an account
  • She always banks half of her paycheck.
Synonyms of bank

deposit
Words Related to bank

cache, hoard, lay away, reserve, salt away, save, squirrel (away), stash, store, stow

invest
Near Antonyms of bank

remove, take out

disburse, expend, give, lay out, pay, spend
Antonyms of bank

withdraw

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