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

Located on the banks of the River Thames and completed in 1955, Battersea Power Station was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. — New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2026

Our four banks — Wells Fargo , Capital One , Goldman Sachs , and BNY — have traded down with the rest of the financials. — Matthew J. Belvedere,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

The toxic loans were also packaged and peddled around the world to banks everywhere, resulting in a calamity. — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

Iran, in turn, accused Washington of its own breaches by launching strikes on Iran and refusing to release cash frozen in banks abroad. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2026

To combat money laundering, federal regulations require banks to report cash deposits of $10,000 or more. — Mike Ryan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

People might think a little harder about whether to buy a home if mortgage rates are higher — or whether to take that business loan if banks are charging more. — Scott Horsley, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026

Every detail is borrowed from the banks AmaMagdalena carries 60 guests in 30 staterooms. — Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026

Community banks feared that rewards offered by stablecoin companies could pull deposits away from traditional institutions, leaving less money available for loans to farmers, families and small businesses. — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 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