Synonyms of cache

cache 1 of 2

noun

ˈkash 

1

as in reserve

a collection of things kept available for future use or need

a cache of medical supplies in case of emergency

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reserve
• hoard
• supply
• store
• collection
• deposit
• reservoir
• bank
• budget
• fund
• stockpile
• nest egg
• pool
• armory
• arsenal
• accumulation
• stock
• gathering
• assemblage

2

as in stash

a supply stored up and often hidden away

the squirrel kept a cache of nuts in the hollow of the tree

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stash
• hoard
• store
• stockpile
• collection
• funds
• reservoir
• inventory
• provisions
• resources
• savings
• treasure
• pool
• deposit
• sinking fund
• harvest
• stock
• nest egg
• accumulation
• reserve
• coffers
• gathering
• assemblage
• repertory

cache

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verb

1

as in to store

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 & Similar Words

• store
• stash
• hoard
• stockpile
• treasure
• accumulate
• collect
• conserve
• stow
• acquire
• put by
• set aside
• preserve
• lay in
• save
• stack
• pile
• lay up
• salt away
• deposit
• keep
• lay by
• squirrel (away)
• lay away
• gather
• heap
• amass
• retain
• scrape (together)
• round up
• assemble
• reserve
• garner
• stock
• husband
• conceal
• concentrate
• bury
• set by
• bank
• withhold
• pick up
• hold
• secrete
• coffer
• ensconce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dump
• unload
• discard
• ditch
• cast
• consume
• throw away
• throw out
• waste
• jettison
• fling (off or away)
• use up
• relinquish
• surrender
• spend
• squander
• hand out
• run through
• hand over
• blow
• lavish
• dissipate
• expend
• exhaust
• deplete
• scatter
• fritter (away)
• disperse
• dispel
• impoverish
• misspend

2

as in to conceal

to put into a hiding place

cached the fugitives in their cellar until they could make their way to Canada

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conceal
• hide
• bury
• stash
• secrete
• hoard
• inter
• ensconce
• squirrel (away)
• entomb

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• display
• exhibit
• show
• reveal
• uncover
• expose
• bare
• unmask
• show off
• parade
• unveil
• unwrap
• flaunt
• unearth
• disinter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cache

Noun

Mexico long lacked the funds, or interest, to pony up the hundreds of millions of dollars needed to purchase the Gelman cache, a former chief of the country’s fine-arts agency told the Milenio news outlet this year. — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

After her death, in 1886, her sister discovered a cache of almost 1,800 poems written over decades. — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026

Verb

Last week’s CopyFail exploited faulty page caching in the authencesn AEAD template process, which is used for IPsec extended sequence numbers. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026

Why Squirrels Are Attracted to Bulbs Squirrels are food-caching animals, meaning their strategy is to find and store high-calorie foods to sustain them through winter. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 20 Apr. 2026