Synonyms of store

store 1 of 3

noun

1

as in reserve

a collection of things kept available for future use or need

her husband has a store of old magazines that he has been collecting for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reserve
• supply
• hoard
• cache
• collection
• deposit
• bank
• reservoir
• fund
• budget
• stock
• stockpile
• nest egg
• pool
• accumulation
• arsenal
• armory
• gathering
• assemblage

2

as in stash

a supply stored up and often hidden away

keeps a store of quarters in the glove compartment for the parking meters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stash
• hoard
• cache
• collection
• stockpile
• inventory
• savings
• funds
• provisions
• reservoir
• resources
• treasure
• deposit
• harvest
• stock
• pool
• sinking fund
• reserve
• gathering
• nest egg
• accumulation
• coffers
• assemblage
• repertory

3

as in shop

an establishment where goods are sold to consumers

go to the grocery store for orange juice and eggs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shop
• market
• outlet
• emporium
• bazaar
• marketplace
• showroom
• boutique
• exchange
• mart
• chain store
• department store
• superstore
• thrift shop
• variety store
• dime store
• five-and-ten
• big box
• mini-mart
• supercenter

4

as in loads

a considerable amount

we laid by a store of food for the party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• plenty
• deal
• ton
• dozen
• bunch
• slew
• chunk
• wealth
• pile
• quantity
• bundle
• lot
• stack
• abundance
• raft
• pack
• yard
• hundred
• bucket
• quite a bit
• truckload
• volume
• heap
• all kinds (of)
• good deal
• mountain
• myriad
• carload
• mass
• pot
• bushel
• boatload
• mess
• gobs
• basketful
• shipload
• reams
• barrel
• multiplicity
• sheaf
• sight
• profusion
• peck
• fistful
• plenitude
• wad
• much
• thousands
• surplus
• score
• oodles
• scads
• potful
• spate
• flood
• plateful
• lashings
• passel
• plentitude
• excess
• plague
• host
• overflow
• rash
• multitude
• crowd
• sea
• drove
• swarm
• flock
• overage
• bonanza
• army
• overabundance
• plethora
• embarrassment
• epidemic
• horde
• press
• superabundance
• throng
• crush
• mob
• overkill
• deluge
• oversupply
• surfeit
• redundancy
• bevy
• herd
• cram
• million
• superfluity
• legion
• overmuch
• zillion
• gazillion
• trillion
• jillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• taste
• spot
• handful
• touch
• grain
• shade
• bit
• molecule
• fragment
• strain
• peanuts
• scrap
• pinch
• hint
• trace
• shadow
• ounce
• section
• nip
• streak
• suspicion
• pittance
• dram
• ray
• atom
• particle
• ace
• mite
• speck
• mouthful
• sprinkling
• lick
• sprinkle
• shred
• glimmer
• granule
• drop
• portion
• dab
• tad
• dot
• mote
• jot
• whit
• scruple
• piece
• modicum
• crumb
• little
• tittle
• shot
• dash
• smattering
• iota
• driblet
• scintilla
• smidgen
• shortage
• morsel
• lack
• absence
• want
• flyspeck
• scarcity
• fleck
• deficiency
• famine
• paucity
• poverty
• deficit
• nubbin
• smatter
• dearth
• insufficiency
• inadequacy
• scantiness
• scantness
• undersupply
• scarceness
• meagerness
• skimpiness

store

2 of 3

verb

ˈstȯr 

1

as in to keep

to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability

we decided to store the lawn mower in the shed instead of the garage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• keep
• house
• warehouse
• stow
• pack
• garage
• reposit
• put up
• cellar
• file
• hangar
• shelve

2

as in to stash

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 & Similar Words

• stash
• hoard
• accumulate
• collect
• treasure
• stockpile
• acquire
• save
• stow
• cache
• set aside
• conserve
• lay in
• preserve
• keep
• put by
• gather
• lay up
• lay by
• deposit
• stack
• lay away
• pile
• salt away
• assemble
• squirrel (away)
• retain
• amass
• stock
• round up
• reserve
• husband
• bank
• scrape (together)
• heap
• hold
• garner
• set by
• concentrate
• conceal
• pick up
• bury
• withhold
• secrete
• coffer
• ensconce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dump
• unload
• cast
• ditch
• discard
• throw away
• consume
• throw out
• waste
• spend
• use up
• jettison
• fling (off or away)
• relinquish
• squander
• surrender
• hand out
• hand over
• run through
• blow
• lavish
• dissipate
• expend
• deplete
• exhaust
• disperse
• impoverish
• scatter
• dispel
• fritter (away)
• misspend

store

3 of 3

adjective

as in bought

made beforehand in large numbers

preferred homemade bread to store brands

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bought
• commercial
• ready-made
• store-bought
• off-the-shelf
• off-the-rack
• off-the-peg
• mass-produced
• ready-to-wear
• prefabricated
• prefab
• hand-me-down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• custom
• customized
• tailored
• homemade
• handmade
• custom-made
• handcrafted
• bespoke
• tailor-made

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of store

Noun

Europe’s physical retail sector has weathered a turbulent stretch, including the shutdown of stores during the pandemic and the rise of online shopping. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

The eye drops are sold at stores that include Target, Walmart and Kroger. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 24 Aug. 2026

Verb

The Amazon rainforest, which stores massive amounts of carbon dioxide and helps regulate the climate, is also at risk of a tipping point. — Peter Prengaman, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

Various micro-organisms (bacteria, fungi, yeasts) can also lie dormant in the tissues for centuries and can recolonize and multiply due to a ready supply of organic material—particularly if the remains have been stored in suboptimal conditions. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

Adjective

The store cuts come months after Kroger announced two rounds of layoffs of an unspecified number of non-store workers this spring. — Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 June 2025

And online and other non-store sales are expected to increase between 10% and 12%. — Ivana Pino, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2022

Phrases Containing store

• set store by
• set store on