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cache

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cache

1 a collection of things kept available for future use or need
  • a cache of medical supplies in case of emergency
Synonyms of cache

deposit, hoard, reserve, store
Words Related to cache

budget, fund, nest egg

armory, arsenal, bank, pool, reservoir, stock, stockpile, supply

accumulation, assemblage, collection, gathering
2 a supply stored up and often hidden away
  • The squirrel kept a cache of nuts in the hollow of the tree.
Synonyms of cache

hoard, stash, stockpile, store
Words Related to cache

coffers, deposit, funds, nest egg, savings, sinking fund, treasure

inventory, pool, reserve, reservoir, stock

provisions, resources

accumulation, assemblage, collection, gathering, harvest

repertory

cache

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of cache

1 to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
  • an eccentric who cached money in odd places, such as under the boards of the floor
Synonyms of cache

hoard, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, squirrel (away), stash, stockpile, store, stow, treasure
Words Related to cache

accumulate, acquire, amass, assemble, collect, concentrate, garner, gather, pick up, round up, scrape (together)

heap, pile, stack

conserve, husband, preserve

bank, coffer, deposit, hold, keep, reserve, retain, save, set by, stock, withhold

bury, conceal, ensconce, secrete
Phrases Synonymous with cache

set aside
Near Antonyms of cache

cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling (off or away), jettison, throw away, throw out, unload

consume, squander, use up, waste

hand out, hand over, relinquish, surrender

blow, dissipate, fritter (away), lavish, misspend, run through, spend

deplete, exhaust, expend, impoverish

dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter
2 to put into a hiding place
  • cached the fugitive slaves in their cellar until they could make their way to Canada
Synonyms of cache

bury, conceal, ensconce, hide, secrete
Words Related to cache

hoard, squirrel (away), stash

entomb, inter
Near Antonyms of cache

bare, expose, reveal, show, uncover, unmask, unveil, unwrap

flaunt, parade, show off

disinter, unearth
Antonyms of cache

display, exhibit

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