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stash

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of stash

a supply stored up and often hidden away
  • Debbie keeps a stash of tissues in her desk in case anyone needs one.
Synonyms of stash

cache, hoard, stockpile, store
Words Related to stash

coffers, deposit, funds, nest egg, savings, sinking fund, treasure

inventory, pool, reserve, reservoir, stock

provisions, resources

accumulation, assemblage, collection, gathering, harvest

repertory

stash

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of stash

to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
  • stashed the extra antifreeze in the trunk of the car
Synonyms of stash

cache, hoard, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, squirrel (away), stockpile, store, stow, treasure
Words Related to stash

accumulate, acquire, amass, assemble, collect, concentrate, garner, gather, pick up, round up, scrape (together)

heap, pile, stack

conserve, husband, preserve

bank, coffer, deposit, hold, keep, reserve, retain, save, set by, stock, withhold

bury, conceal, ensconce, secrete
Phrases Synonymous with stash

set aside
Near Antonyms of stash

cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling (off or away), jettison, throw away, throw out, unload

consume, squander, use up, waste

hand out, hand over, relinquish, surrender

blow, dissipate, fritter (away), lavish, misspend, run through, spend

deplete, exhaust, expend, impoverish

dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter

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