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 In a separate post, AWS said it's similarly been unable to recover resources and data stored in one of its availability zones in the UAE. — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026 Jiangxing Intelligence, a physical AI firm, has developed an AI ‘brain’ that monitors environmental conditions around renewable energy infrastructure to ensure electricity is collected and stored prudently. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026 This can only be used the year they are relegated, not stored for future use. — Brody Miller, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Many of the items that the couple had stored were of the type that people keep in basements, but the high water table in most of Florida makes basements a rarity. — David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 The frigid temperatures, ice, and snow will all wear down the components faster than if the unit is stored inside during the cold months. — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 14 Sep. 2026 Popular committees stored food for curfews, set up clinics, and planted backyard gardens (until Israel outlawed them in 1988). — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026 That means prevention must focus on how these products are packaged and marketed, and then how they are used and stored at home. — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 The inspectors discovered vessels full of flammable liquid stored near combustible materials, Oklahoma station KFOR reported, in addition to fire extinguishers that weren’t properly maintained. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026

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Spurs kept a clean sheet, an achievement to build on after shipping five in their opening two, and looked solid, if a little unimaginative in midfield.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
As the Yeomen continued losing games last year, the larger college-football machine kept humming at campuses across the country.

— Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of kept

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These shoe bags do have a more limited storage capacity than some of our other picks in this list, but they can be stashed practically anywhere, like that almost unreachable top closet shelf or under the bed.

— Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 9 Sep. 2026
The specimen had come to light in 2018 after being stashed at the bottom of a well in the city of Harbin in northeastern China for decades.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

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Yee decided her favorite nook was the Picture Room, where the museum’s caretakers unveiled Soane’s choicest paintings stowed behind clandestine folding panes.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
The airline requires passengers to store their power banks on their person, in the seat pocket or in carry-on luggage stowed under the seat.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of stowed

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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

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The pattern has been skewed by higher incomes collected by those in the higher echelons of wage workers, like corporate chief executives, entertainers and professional athletes.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Schlumberger also collected the early, experimental landscape triptych by Paul Cézanne from his famed fresco Paysage romantique aux pêcheurs (1862–64), originally for the artist’s family estate in southern France known as Jas de Bouffan.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026