CACHES Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

caches 1 of 2

noun

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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

Military experts said the setbacks to Iran’s caches of drones, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and launchers substantially weaken its capabilities. —

Politifact, Dallas Morning News, 8 Apr. 2026 Huth had grown up on a steady diet of Will Wright, leaving pheromone trails to food caches in SimAnt, calibrating the temperature to make his SimEarth suitable for life. —

Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026 However, archaeologists intend to keep looking, as the collection comprises one of the most significant caches of gold coins from this legendary moment in Russian history. —

Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Mar. 2026 In addition, memory bandwidth and nearby caches help drive that steadiness more than just raw performance. —

Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026 Despite an immense search effort, the father and son evaded capture for nearly five months, using hidden supply caches and remote camps to survive the winter, the outlets reported. —

Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026 The targets included weapons caches, supply routes and other infrastructure used by the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, Hawkins said in an email. —

Arkansas Online, 11 Jan. 2026 Four caches are hidden throughout the park, with a fifth as part of Florida’s Operation Recreation GeoTour, which awards special geocoins to participants. —

Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025 Michael Eisenberg, the leader of the excavation, said the hoard is one of the largest Byzantine-era caches found on dry land in Israel. —

Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025

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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 Instead of building its own search engine, Leta uses the Google Search API and caches anonymous results to share with other users. —

Chris Stobing, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024

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Overseas, the Journal reports an unprecedented legal arrangement for the US to take out a two-year lease renewable for 99 years on a 4,000-acre site in the Philippines, a key ally, and turn it into a high-tech manufacturing hub to draw on the country’s rich reserves of cobalt, copper, and nickel.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
China reached record-high oil production last year, as companies pumped more from aging oil fields, put new technology to use on sprawling offshore reserves in China’s Bohai Sea, and continued to drill boreholes miles deep into oilfields in far western Xinjiang in search of more supplies.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026