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store

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of store

made beforehand in large numbers
  • preferred homemade bread to store brands
Synonyms of store

bought, mass-produced, off-the-rack, off-the-shelf, ready-made, store-bought
Words Related to store

ready-to-wear

prefabricated
Near Antonyms of store

handcrafted, handmade, homemade
Antonyms of store

bespoke (also bespoken), custom, customized, custom-made, tailored, tailor-made

store

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of store

1 a collection of things kept available for future use or need
  • He has a store of old magazines that he has been collecting for years.
Synonyms of store

cache, deposit, hoard, reserve
Words Related to store

budget, fund, nest egg

armory, arsenal, bank, pool, reservoir, stock, stockpile, supply

accumulation, assemblage, collection, gathering
2 a supply stored up and often hidden away
  • keeps a store of napkins in the glove compartment
Synonyms of store

cache, hoard, stash, stockpile
Words Related to store

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

inventory, pool, reserve, reservoir, stock

provisions, resources

accumulation, assemblage, collection, gathering, harvest

repertory
3 an establishment where goods are sold to consumers
  • I need to go to the grocery store for orange juice and eggs.
Synonyms of store

bazaar, emporium, shop (also shoppe)
Words Related to store

market, marketplace, outlet, showroom

boutique, chain store, department store, dime store, exchange, five-and-ten (also five-and-dime), mart, thrift shop, variety store
4 a considerable amount
  • We laid by a store of food for the party.
Synonyms of store

abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket, bunch, bundle, bushel, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, pack, passel, peck, pile, plateful, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, sight, slew, spate, stack, ton, volume, wad, wealth, yard
Words Related to store

epidemic, plague, rash

bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, plethora, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

deluge, flood, overflow

army, bevy, cram, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, press, score, sea, swarm, throng
Phrases Synonymous with store

all kinds (of), quite a bit
Near Antonyms of store

atom, crumb, dot, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, grain, granule, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, mote, nubbin, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, shred, tittle, whit

smatter, smattering
Antonyms of store

ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, nip, ounce, peanuts, pinch, pittance, scruple, shade, shadow, smidgen (also smidgeon), speck, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, streak, tad, touch, trace

store

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of store

1 to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability
  • We decided to store the lawn mower in the shed instead of the garage.
Synonyms of store

keep, put up, stow
Words Related to store

cellar, garage, hangar, house, warehouse

file, pack, shelve
2 to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
  • Squirrels commonly store nuts in the hollows of trees and other places to prepare for the winter.
Synonyms of store

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

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 store

set aside
Near Antonyms of store

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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