STORED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

stored

verb

past tense of store

as in kept

to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability we decided to store the lawn mower in the shed instead of the garage

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as in stashed

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

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Recent Examples of stored As their name implies, each qubit is stored in an ion, an atom that has lost one or more of its electrons. — ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026 Much of it exists as scans of handwritten documents, stored but functionally invisible to any system trying to draw conclusions from them. — Amanda Turcotte, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 What’s Happening Mycotoxins are toxins formed by molds that can grow on crops like grains and coffee beans if improperly stored. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 Energy that is produced, generated, or stored at home is often more reliable than energy that must travel through vulnerable supply chains and geopolitical chokepoints. — Dr. Sarah Kapnick, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026 In the last 3 years alone, 145,000 new items have been cataloged and stored in the property room. — J.d. Miles, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Samsung says almost any membership card with a barcode can be stored in the app. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Most of the creatine in our bodies — about 95% — is stored in our skeletal muscles, with a smaller amount stored in the brain, heart and other tissues. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 For Purple Caturra, the whole cherries are first stored in a cold room for 72 hours to slow fermentation, a fairly experimental process. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stored

Verb

But Netanyahu’s government wanted the existing framework kept intact, according to multiple sources who spoke to TIME, including an Israeli official and an international diplomat.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Leavitt connected with nine different receivers and kept scrambles to a minimum, rushing just 4 times for 11 yards.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of kept

Verb

The bar is lower than the basement room Luann got stashed in at Ramona’s Hamptons house.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
In previous court filings, prosecutors said Rush stashed roughly $46 million worth of gold bars from the federal government at his Virginia home.

— Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of stashed

Verb

With releases like 2023’s SISTERHOOD and 2024’s Amy and Fete de la Vanille, Lucy created a secret pocket reality all their own, like a Nintendo DS stowed under a pillow.

— H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026
Officers are trained never to rule out the possibility that someone who could kill them is stowed like a spare tire in an unlatched rear compartment.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of stowed

Verb

Others prepared to defend themselves and hoarded supplies as if for a siege.

— Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026
The adventures of Addison’s titular shilling include being hoarded, offered as a bribe, and sent as an insulting accompaniment to a letter disinheriting a son.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of hoarded

Verb

The fan guards inside the walk-in cooler had accumulated dust.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The power of people All of this knowledge has accumulated because people value birds and have devoted enormous time and effort to understanding them.

— Amy L. Scarpignato, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of accumulated

Verb

Instead, Hurley created and collected bespoke sounds, often using her body as an instrument, then rearranged and remixed them to fit each section of the film.

— Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
The Vatican said the cancer diagnosis was confirmed through an examination of tissue collected during surgery, consistent with findings from tests conducted before the procedure.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026