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

The original location was recently named one of the best slice shops in the country and its creators were named among the top pizzamakers in the world to watch. — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026 SoCal is home to three shops, and Denver is the first out-of-state location. — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026 Of the eight smoke shops in Sunnyvale, four have opened within the past two years, San Jose Spotlight reported. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Here’s the scoop on several new and new-ish ice cream shops to check out now, plus a couple more on the way. — Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2026 This two-bedroom loft built in the 1850s is located steps away from Bowen’s Wharf, so all of Newport’s buzziest restaurants, bars, and shops are well within reach. — Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2026 The neighborhood/area Just across the train tracks is Vesterbro with an excellent range of independent shops and restaurants, not least in Kødbyen, the Meat Packing district. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026 The building now contains shops, restaurants, offices and apartments, and forms the centrepiece of a 42-acre development beside the River Thames. — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Walking just a few streets away from the square reveals quieter courtyards, small cafes and shops that feel less staged. — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shops

Noun

Former homes are now occupied by spice warehouses and stores selling antiques and handicrafts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Refill stores and zero waste shops around the Bay Area are also stocked with alternatives.

— Anne Makovec, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

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Noun

In Salisbury, which has become a hub for Haitians who work in nearby factories and farms, ICE recently started detaining people in parking lots and other areas immigrants frequent, according to Fouché of Safe Harbor Circles.

— Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
That’s due to tougher rules on factories, power plants and vehicles that began when Ronald Reagan was governor, along with smog-check requirements for motorists, cleaner-burning diesel and gasoline blends and incentives for electric vehicles.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of factories

Noun

Sometimes the problem is not translation at all, but meanings that shift between two dialects of the same language.

— Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Korea and China just demonstrated, in their very different dialects, that friction can be deliberately put back.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of dialects

Verb

On television, Jones appeared in the TV movie The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance, and made guest turns in the series Dallas, Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince, Sliders and As the World Turns.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Pierce is best known for his Emmy Award-winning performance in Frasier and Broadway turns in Pirates!

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of turns in

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Sadhguru is also a bestselling author whose videos stream in 35 languages on social media.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
The Bible is widely read and loved in spite of the fact that most people don’t speak any of the languages in which it was originally written.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of languages

Noun

Data centers use enormous amounts of energy, and Quincy has some of the lowest power rates in the country generated by two public hydroelectrical plants on the Columbia River, the largest river in the Pacific Northwest.

— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
These vines will also happily wind their way around tree trunks and shrubs and fix themselves in place with small rootlets that take on a hairy appearance as poison ivy plants mature.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of plants

Noun

This requires deployment at the edge, integration into proprietary data pipelines, fine-tuning for domain-specific vocabularies, and compliance with local data sovereignty laws.

— Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
This gap can help explain why some children’s vocabularies grow so much faster than others.

— Michelle Kearney, The Conversation, 7 July 2026