Synonyms of stores

stores 1 of 2

noun

plural of store

1

as in reserves

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

• reserves
• supplies
• hoards
• caches
• collections
• deposits
• funds
• banks
• arsenals
• reservoirs
• stockpiles
• budgets
• stocks
• armories
• nest eggs
• pools
• accumulations
• gatherings
• assemblages

2

as in hoards

a supply stored up and often hidden away

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hoards
• stashes
• stockpiles
• caches
• collections
• funds
• savings
• provisions
• inventories
• deposits
• resources
• reservoirs
• treasures
• coffers
• harvests
• pools
• sinking funds
• stocks
• reserves
• nest eggs
• accumulations
• gatherings
• repertories
• assemblages

3

as in shops

an establishment where goods are sold to consumers

go to the grocery store for orange juice and eggs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shops
• markets
• outlets
• marketplaces
• bazaars
• emporiums
• boutiques
• showrooms
• exchanges
• marts
• chain stores
• department stores
• superstores
• variety stores
• thrift shops
• dime stores
• supercenters
• mini-marts
• big boxes
• five-and-tens

4

as in loads

a considerable amount

we laid by a store of food for the party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• dozens
• tons
• deals
• hundreds
• quantities
• piles
• bundles
• lots
• chunks
• bunches
• masses
• stacks
• plenties
• rafts
• wealths
• slews
• abundances
• buckets
• volumes
• yards
• truckloads
• myriads
• heaps
• packs
• all kinds (of)
• mountains
• bushels
• quite a bit
• scads
• barrels
• reams
• shiploads
• carloads
• sights
• pots
• boatloads
• gobs
• oodles
• good deals
• fistfuls
• basketfuls
• sheaves
• multiplicities
• wads
• pecks
• potfuls
• scores
• much
• thousands
• messes
• plenitudes
• platefuls
• profusions
• lashings
• floods
• passels
• spates
• surpluses
• multitudes
• millions
• plagues
• plentitudes
• rashes
• hosts
• swarms
• seas
• hordes
• crowds
• epidemics
• excesses
• flocks
• armies
• redundancies
• throngs
• bonanzas
• overflows
• droves
• overages
• herds
• superfluities
• legions
• oversupplies
• embarrassments
• presses
• zillions
• mobs
• crushes
• trillions
• overmuch
• deluges
• surfeits
• overabundances
• bevies
• superabundances
• plethoras
• gazillions
• overkills
• jillions
• crams
• kazillions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spots
• shades
• tastes
• molecules
• bits
• shadows
• fragments
• grains
• ounces
• atoms
• strains
• granules
• handfuls
• particles
• peanuts
• touches
• hints
• traces
• streaks
• rays
• specks
• mites
• nips
• dots
• scraps
• scruples
• drams
• licks
• sprinkles
• suspicions
• pinches
• dabs
• sections
• glimmers
• pieces
• mouthfuls
• aces
• shreds
• crumbs
• flecks
• motes
• drops
• portions
• pittances
• shots
• driblets
• little
• dashes
• shortages
• morsels
• smidgens
• sprinklings
• scintillas
• modicums
• tittles
• lacks
• flyspecks
• wants
• jots
• smatters
• whits
• deficiencies
• smatterings
• nubbins
• iotas
• deficits
• scarcities
• absences
• famines
• inadequacies
• insufficiencies
• dearths
• undersupplies
• poverties
• paucities

stores

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of store

1

as in keeps

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

• keeps
• houses
• warehouses
• packs
• stows
• shelves
• reposits
• garages
• files
• cellars
• puts up
• hangars

2

as in stashes

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

• stashes
• hoards
• treasures
• accumulates
• collects
• stockpiles
• caches
• acquires
• conserves
• sets aside
• stows
• saves
• piles
• lays in
• preserves
• deposits
• lays up
• stacks
• keeps
• gathers
• squirrels (away)
• lays away
• salts away
• banks
• assembles
• lays by
• puts by
• stocks
• retains
• reserves
• amasses
• husbands
• heaps
• scrapes (together)
• garners
• rounds up
• concentrates
• coffers
• holds
• picks up
• conceals
• buries
• withholds
• secretes
• sets by
• ensconces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dumps
• ditches
• discards
• casts
• unloads
• consumes
• throws out
• throws away
• flings (off or away)
• wastes
• spends
• hands out
• runs through
• uses up
• hands over
• surrenders
• relinquishes
• squanders
• blows
• dissipates
• jettisons
• depletes
• exhausts
• lavishes
• expends
• impoverishes
• disperses
• scatters
• dispels
• misspends
• fritters (away)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stores

Noun

Singing Woods will generate little traffic compared with retail stores or restaurants, Dorrough argues. — Idaho Statesman, 10 Nov. 2026

The bank's Spending Tier Composite, a measure built from its card data that tracks whether shoppers are moving between premium, standard and value-tier stores, fell to its lowest level since 2021. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2026

There are nine stores in the Sacramento region, as well as locations near Modesto and in Fresno, Merced and San Luis Obispo, according to the company’s website. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026

Coppetti said that apparel share is already at least 50 percent higher in new stores and growing faster than footwear across the company. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026

Art Supplies Handmade Inks My favorite kinds of gifts, to receive and to offer, are from art-supply stores. — Nicholas Blechman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2026

The company said all of its stores will remain open at this time. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026

Affected items were sold nationwide at Target, Walmart and coffee and home goods stores, as well as online at Bodum, Amazon and other online retailers. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2026

Over the past decade, the brand built a strong wholesale model and was in over 200 retail stores, from Bergdorf Goodman in the US to Alára in Nigeria. — Ezreen Benissan, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026

Verb

When a developer pushes code, Pando stores the incoming Git packfile in cloud object storage. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026

At the same time, Ralph Lauren stores around the world will be transformed into American woodland retreats. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026

Each user receives an isolated virtual computer where their agent operates and stores information. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

As the motor rotates the end, the rod deforms and stores elastic energy. — New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026

Exowatt’s contribution is the P3, a renewable energy system housed inside a 40-foot shipping container that captures sunlight, stores it as heat, and generates electricity for up to 24 hours a day. — Micheline Maynard, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

The Amazon stores vast amounts of carbon and releases moisture that regulates weather far beyond South America. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Because each cell stores more energy versus traditional LFP, fewer cells and fewer interconnections are needed, reducing both volume and weight. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Amazon alleged that Muse stores customer credentials and scrapes account data, among other issues. — Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026