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 completo was born in one of those small shops in downtown Santiago in the early 1930s. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 Visitors can browse historic shops, tour the Anheuser Estate, visit a mastodon site, and attend popular seasonal festivals. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2026 This year, the Time Out publishing group has voted Seoul’s Jongno 3-Ga the world’s coolest neighborhood, highlighting its cute shops and cafes as well as its Instagram-ready scenery. — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026 Italian department store La Rinascente is 15-minutes away on foot, and cosmopolitan Monti, with its bars and shops, is a 10-minute walk away. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026 According to Tejada, police obtained the search warrant as part of ongoing investigation into smoke shops believed to be selling cannabis and cannabis products without a license. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 Select stores will include candy shops and cafés, as well as new Creator Studios, where influencers, content creators and toy brands can film content, unveil products and host launches and special events. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 Few people meandered in and out of the shops lining the square around the courthouse in Platte City as a passerby stopped at the top of the courthouse steps, tried the locked doors and peeked inside before walking away. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 18 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shops

Noun

New parks, public spaces, museums, and cultural venues opened, along with stores and restaurants to rival those of any European capital.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Founded in 2022 in Hollywood, the small chain operates seven stores, all in California.

— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of stores

Noun

Pretoria wants American investors to build smelters, factories, and processing facilities in South Africa, rather than relying principally on conventional offtake agreements with local mines.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
The region had a reputation as mostly a dreary post-industrial wasteland peppered with factories that had started being abandoned after the Flood of 1955.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of factories

Noun

On the edges of the empire, speakers of Germanic dialects, such as the Goths and Vandals, frequently clashed with the Romans, eventually contributing to the fragmentation of the empire.

— Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of dialects

Verb

Technically speaking, Amber turns in a pretty stellar week-one cha-cha, and the notes from the judges are mostly about finesse and refinement.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of turns in

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Wax described Pakistan as home to some of the world’s most technically advanced denim mills.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
While the spans might be the star of the show, there’s plenty of room along the way to pull over for small-town main streets, hiking trails lined with fall colors, and apple cider mills along the way.

— Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of mills

Noun

The female scale insects overwinter on the plants and begin laying eggs in late April and May.

— Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Unlike traditional growth factors derived from human or bacterial sources, BIOEFFECT’s growth factors are bioengineered in barley plants – a revolutionary method developed by Icelandic scientists.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of plants

Noun

The teachers need to be certified in elementary education, fluent in Spanish and certified to teach students who speak other languages, Jackson said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Tourists speaking several languages, some wearing foam Statue of Liberty crowns, filled the seats; Quan made his way to an upper-deck railing.

— Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026