SHOPS Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

shops 1 of 2

noun

plural of shop

as in stores

also shoppes an establishment where goods are sold to consumers the only shop that has that video game in stock is halfway across the state

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as in factories

a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods a machine shop

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as in dialects

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field the patient impressed her cardiologist with her ability to talk shop

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shops

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verb

present tense third-person singular of shop, British

as in informs (on)

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Recent Examples of shops

Noun

As more and more quick service businesses like coffee, ice cream, sandwich shops and more are soliciting gratuity with rising prices from inflation, experts say consumer frustration is growing. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026 The brand also has a successful golf business and sells to high-end resorts and green-grass shops including Pebble Beach and other clubs across America. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026 The rest of the Cambria isn’t bad, either, including the shops and galleries along Main Street (which is deceptively long) and the piney slopes above. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Nearly 20 downtown restaurants, cafes and dessert shops opened in the spring, with another 20 opening in the summer or following months, according to a report from the nonprofit Chicago Loop Alliance. — Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026 Brown said the investigation has helped close 13 smoke shops in the past six months. — Raymond Strickland, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026 There are no hotels, restaurants, or shops anywhere on Niihau. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 Between them are one-street towns dotted with the kinds of boutique shops, juiceries, restaurants, and cafés that make locals want to whisper. — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shops

Noun

Most Home Depot stores will be open on Labor Day; however, hours may vary by location, so check with your local store for its specific hours.

— Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2026
FedEx offices may be open with modified hours, but UPS stores will be closed.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of stores

Noun

The six new machines are currently at different stages of commercialization, meaning not all of the equipment has necessarily entered large-scale use in semiconductor factories.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Meta is building a data center in the nearby town of Kuna, and Micron is putting up two semiconductor factories in the metro area, pouring billions of dollars into the region.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of factories

Noun

What used to be two entirely separate compliance projects is starting to look like two dialects of the same emerging language.

— Abdelahhad Barbour, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
That leaves countless other languages and dialects, even those spoken by tens of millions of people, by the wayside.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of dialects

Verb

A couple of decent right-footed crosses from the left, a free kick won by holding the ball up well with his very first touch, and a few nice turns in the area.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
This is one of De Niro’s most solid turns in recent years, an actor who can say it all even without dialogue.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of turns in

Noun

Most movies are paired with local live acts to fill the air as the crowd mills in or to keep the party going long after the projector shuts off.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026
The Cotton Communicator™ Software enables cotton merchants/co-ops and mills to exchange information related to the buying and selling of cotton.

— Catherine Salfino, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of mills

Noun

Over the course of the past two and a half years, Blue Ant has expanded its YouTube business from two channels to 50 in 11 languages.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Editing Originally from Alaska, Strickland knows three languages — French, German and Italian — and prioritizes telling diverse stories in filmmaking.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of languages

Noun

Yet a 2023 Stanford study said that Pangram was biased against non-native English speakers, who might have more limited vocabularies, and many AI researchers contend that such detectors are unreliable.

— Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
Chinese law schools have accordingly placed greater weight on teaching Chinese students to argue using the vocabularies of foreign legal systems.

— Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026