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 And inJanuary space agency officials closed the building that housed Goddard’s library—NASA’s largest—which stored thousands of historical journals and spaceflight documents and was used as a meeting place for Goddard employees. — Eric Niiler, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026 The company says these are live streams to your phone, not recordings, and they are not stored on its servers. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026 This approach allows energy generated from solar installations to be stored and later delivered to EVs through high-power chargers. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026 Luedi and Lizza estimated that stored crude at Yanbu and in Egypt could keep exports moving for roughly one to two weeks. — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026 You’re allowed to have weed in your vehicle if it is stored in the trunk. — Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026 How Refrigeration Impacts Shelf-Life Oranges stored in the fridge in a low-humidity crisper drawer can stay fresh for up to a month, sometimes longer. — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 20 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

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Aging pipes must be replaced, leaks prevented, emergencies addressed and critical systems kept operating for homes, schools, hospitals and businesses.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Robert Mugabe, longtime strongman of Zimbabwe, printed money to ensure his party kept control of the country and to finance the nation's deficits.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of kept

Verb

If the elder Lansky stashed away millions, his grandson noted, the family never saw it.

— Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of stashed

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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

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

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The system is a maze in which laws collide with gray areas, where layers upon layers of policy have accumulated over decades in a pile waiting for reform that has never come.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Its fleet includes the MANTAS X-Class and Devil Ray Expeditionary Class platforms, which MARTAC says have accumulated thousands of operating hours across a range of conditions.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of accumulated

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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