Synonyms of banks

banks 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of bank

1

as in clusters

a number of things considered as a unit

a bank of telephones set up for the telethon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clusters
• batches
• arrays
• collections
• groups
• bunches
• lots
• batteries
• constellations
• groupings
• assemblages
• packages
• sets
• clumps
• varieties
• bands
• assortments
• suites
• blocks
• series
• parcels
• clutches
• clots
• mixtures
• accumulations
• aggregations
• aggregates
• knots
• passels
• the whole kit and caboodle
• huddles
• musters
• conglomerations
• agglomerations
• suits
• sundries
• jumbles
• cycles
• runs
• odds and ends
• hodgepodges
• miscellanies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• units
• items
• entities
• singles

2

as in rows

a series of people or things arranged side by side

a bank of elevators

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rows
• queues
• ranks
• lines
• processions
• chains
• columns
• strings
• files
• cues
• tiers
• trains
• sequences
• ranges
• arrays
• echelons
• concatenations

banks

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of bank

as in mounds

a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)

a bank of dirt that the construction workers left behind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mounds
• bars
• mountains
• drifts
• tufts
• embankments
• masses
• stacks
• hills
• heaps
• sandbars
• snowbanks
• snowdrifts

banks

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of bank

1

as in piles

to form into a pile or ridge of earth

banked sand into little mounds on the beach

Synonyms & Similar Words

• piles
• hills
• mounds
• stacks
• clumps
• groups
• pyramids
• masses
• heaps
• lumps
• conglomerates
• gathers
• embanks
• wads
• accumulates
• collects
• bunches
• bundles
• assembles
• amasses

2

as in deposits

to put in an account

she always banks half of her paycheck

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deposits
• stores
• hoards
• reserves
• saves
• stashes
• squirrels (away)
• caches
• salts away
• lays away
• stows
• invests

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• withdraws
• takes out
• removes
• pays
• gives
• spends
• lays out
• disburses
• expends

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of banks

Noun

That could force foreign companies and banks to choose between doing business with Iran and retaining access to the US financial system, potentially extending Washington’s leverage well beyond entities directly involved in Tehran’s oil trade. — Magdalena Del Valle, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026

Small banks fully approved 57% of applicants, a higher rate than any other lender type in the survey. — Terdawn Deboe, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Authorities rescued residents from high water in several areas in Indiana, including Delaware, Madison, Wayne and Henry counties as rivers burst their banks. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Even though multilateral development banks have largely retreated from fossil fuel financing, that system will persist for decades. — Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026

Wall Street's largest banks are riding a lucrative new wave — bankrolling the AI gold rush. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

In Italy, the receding water in Rome's Tiber River has exposed the remains of the ancient Nero's Bridge, which once connected Rome's city center with the banks of the river, according to The Associated Press. — Npr Staff, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026

Developers sell those tax credits to banks in exchange for cash to build with. — Solomon Greene, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026

Verb

Four minute into the game, Pop Isaacs banks a 3-pointer to put the Aggies ahead 8-4. — Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2026

Investment banks Arctic Securities and ABG Sundal Collier have also opened new offices. — Jeremy Savory, Forbes.com, 18 Feb. 2026

The group banks its seventh champ total. — Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2025