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

Outside a row of shops in Ashton-in-Makerfield town center, anti-Reform and pro-Labour campaigners stop weary residents to talk politics. —

Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 The World Cup has created a business boom in Boston, as shops and stores are packed with international tourists. —

Paul Burton, CBS News, 16 June 2026 Over the next few days, innumerable shops, houses and places of worship are reduced to ashes, and hundreds of people, Hindu and Muslim, are killed. —

Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 Think wooden boardwalks, ice cream shops, amusement parks, and miles of gorgeous shoreline. —

Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026 This marks Pizza Factory’s fifth location in the Sacramento area, with pizza shops in Rocklin, Loomis, Auburn and Cameron Park, according to its website. —

Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026 Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Dick's Sporting Goods, the sporting goods retailer, announced a partnership to expand Lids shops to 100 Dick's stores nationwide, the company said in a press release on Monday. —

Assiatou Hann, CNBC, 15 June 2026 Easily walkable, museums, inns, bed & breakfasts, restaurants, a thriving farmers market and a variety of shops are all located in the half-square-mile historic district. —

Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026 With a home base in SoHo– an ever-evolving art-world with galleries, studios, and museums, hip metropolitan green spaces such as the High Line, Washington and Union Squares, and designer shops and hubs are all at your fingertips. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shops

Noun

Markley cleaned up the lot, painted the building black and set up a complex digital warehouse which stores data from more than a hundred customers ranging from hospitals to universities to police stations.

— David Wade, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Though the shopping center once held dozens of stores, its population of retailers steadily dwindled for years amid a string of new owners and a decaying exterior.

— Matan Josephy, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2026