CACHES Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

caches 1 of 2

noun

plural of cache

as in reserves

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

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as in stashes

a supply stored up and often hidden away the squirrel kept a cache of nuts in the hollow of the tree

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caches

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verb

present tense third-person singular of cache

as in stores

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

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as in conceals

to put into a hiding place cached the fugitives in their cellar until they could make their way to Canada

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Recent Examples of caches

Noun

In the public cloud, one patient or customer record can spread into replicas, logs, embeddings, feature stores, caches and model checkpoints. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Those are perfectly fine places to start for people who don't need massive memory caches for AI models. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026 The pace is being driven by vast government demand, data sovereignty legislation that is keeping caches in-country, and hyperscalers increasingly looking to lease data center space rather than build in new markets. — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Alongside the launch, Anthropic is introducing beta features that allow developers to change available tools mid-conversation without invalidating prompt caches and automatically route flagged API requests to another model. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026 Officials have not reported discovering caches containing cash, gold or weapons and have not publicly commented on the broader allegations. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026 Competing guiding companies now worked together to fix ropes and organize safety caches. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 May 2026 Talma had five caches for 96 yards and Sullivan had three catches for 67 yards and a touchdown. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026 Both privilege escalation vulnerabilities stem from bugs in the kernel’s handling of page caches stored in memory, allowing untrusted users to modify them. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026

Verb

Proton Mail, acting as a proxy, requests the image and caches it on its own servers. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026 After placing supply caches the previous summer, John and his friends Alexander Drummond and Peter Vanderwall began in mid-March with newfangled fiberglass nordic skis and a pole-free tent that John sewed himself. — Outside Online, 29 Oct. 2025

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Noun

But expanding domestic and allied capacity to manufacture the most critical medicines and ingredients — and maintain adequate strategic reserves — would dramatically reduce China’s leverage in any future crisis.

— Patrick McHenry, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
Newer venues typically hold about a year’s worth of debt service payments across multiple reserves.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of reserves

Verb

Pencil Cactus Despite its branching shape, pencil cactus is a succulent that stores water in its stems, says Aviles.

— Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 28 Sep. 2026
Research suggests that low ferritin, a protein that stores iron inside your cells, is associated with different forms of hair loss, including telogen effluvium, in women.

— Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of stores

Noun

About 7% of global energy supplies and around 12% to 15% of all global shipping transit the strait.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Regardless, any diplomatic efforts that pause the fighting and release the choke hold on global energy supplies are just the beginning.

— Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of supplies

Noun

Sarauw said hoards were typically buried to safeguard wealth during uncertain times.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
The Arab coins, known as dirhams, are cut up and have similar inscriptions to those found in silver hoards from the 9th century, Nordjyske Museer said.

— Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of hoards

Noun

In 1882, major silver deposits were discovered in the Red Mountain Mining District, south of Ouray.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Like the wavy structures of a coral reef, layered deposits in the Arabia Terra region of Mars showcase the planet's strange beauty and even stranger past.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026

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