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

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Tariffs have kept much of that cost advantage from reaching American showrooms.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Both a state court and Alaska's Supreme Court disagreed and kept the second Sullivan on the ballot.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 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

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Containerized units support flexible replacement The batteries’ containerized format allows them to be handled and stowed in the same manner as standard cargo containers.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
They're designed to be easily pocketed or stowed for everyday carry (EDC), bicycling, motorcycling and other activities that put space at a premium.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 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

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Engineers use the physical measurements collected during core heating to test the accuracy of their mathematical reactor models.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
The total revenue collected was $168,294 but the cost to the district was $731,323.

— Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026