SHOPS Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

Rents based on sales volumes are collected, and vendor shops are continually well stocked. — David Moin, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 By the way, the original Cinnamon Ancho Tacolate is available year-round at all Salt & Straw shops and via Salt & Straw's website, which offers nationwide shipping. — Mike Snider, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 The former Westminster Mall is on track for demolition and will be replaced with housing, plus some shops and stores. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Now, just over two years later, the addition of new shops, widespread building maintenance and restoration, landscaping, and the presence of 24-hour security, clearly shows that the Plaza is on the upswing. — Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026 While the property is self-catered and Penrith's grocery shops are a 10-minute drive away, the estate's private chef, Elliot, became our fairy godfather for the weekend. — Tamara Southward, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 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 Visitors are drawn to the area by its German Texas heritage and its 15 walkable acres packed with cute shops, bustling restaurants, and live music. — Gabi De La Rosa, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2026 People walk past shops and browse for goods at the Grand Bazaar in Tehran on Monday. — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shops

Noun

As the clock edges toward midnight on October 27, book stores and e-tailers across the globe will be blushing with anticipation.

— Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
While most of its stores are in mainland China, the company had 4,378 stores overseas as of end-June and has been expanding into new markets, including central Asia and the Americas.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of stores

Noun

Most typically involve a single building, but the Cheney complex is rare because scores of original factories and worker homes have been saved.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
High prices, closed factories Anderson said from January to July this year, there were about 689,000 vehicles assembled in Canada.

— Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of factories

Verb

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
The intricacies of the interpersonal dynamics and conversational turns in the scene ground the dispute in emotion, and two characters who were once at odds find common ground.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of turns in

Noun

As mills experiment with luxury materials and new technologies, denim is being reimagined with a greater emphasis on tactility, refinement and elevated performance—while still preserving its core identity.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
Later that month, the same court ruled to uphold the EPA’s extension of deadlines for steel mills to comply with certain hazardous emissions standards.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of mills

Noun

From a consideration of apoptosis—the orderly elimination of damaged or unnecessary cells—Solé moves on to failing machines, eroded memories, vanished languages, brittle digital archives, and more.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
The village officially launched Humphrey last Tuesday to provide access to information on local services, permits, meetings and events at all hours of the day, in more than 70 languages.

— Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of languages

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As many as 27 hydropower plants were damaged in Nepal, with about 12 all but destroyed, according to Dix.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
Gary’s residents are also footing the bill for the utility to keep coal plants online that aren’t providing much, if any, energy and small modular nuclear reactors for data centers that may or may not be developed.

— Lori Latham, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of plants

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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