STORES Synonyms: 310 Similar and Opposite Words

stores 1 of 2

noun

plural of store

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

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as in hoards

a supply stored up and often hidden away keeps a store of quarters in the glove compartment for the parking meters

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as in shops

an establishment where goods are sold to consumers go to the grocery store for orange juice and eggs

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as in loads

a considerable amount we laid by a store of food for the party

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stores

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of store

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

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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

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Recent Examples of stores

Noun

The layouts were formulated in partnership with Landini Associates, the design company behind the full renovation of ALDI’s Australia and China stores, as well as the implementation of the small-format ALDI Corner Store. —

Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2026 Gentell, which is based in Yardley, Pennsylvania but has its main manufacturing location in Toronto, also makes private label products for other companies, including a medical technology firm that supplies retail stores like CVS. —

CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 The stores became a first stop for Hollywood stylists pulling looks for celebrities like Nicole Byer and Megan Stalter and an essential destination for out-of-town plus-size travelers who often came from communities where a store like the Plus Bus didn’t exist. —

Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026 That civil suit, first reported by The Bee, was the first time any federal government actions against the stores were public. —

Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026 More than 15,000 Winn-Dixie items are available on Amazon, and Amazon return kiosks are now inside Winn-Dixie stores. —

Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026 Large-format stores allowed the company to carry an enormous variety of materials and tools under one roof, eliminating the need to visit multiple specialty retailers. —

Alexandria Mansfield, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 The cough drops were distributed nationwide, including to some discount retail stores for military personnel, veterans, and families, as well as the Discount Drug Mart, and online through the FSA Store and Amazon. —

Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 15 Apr. 2026

Verb

Because of record heat, much of the West has had exceptionally low levels of snow in the first few months of the year, which is usually how the region stores water for the summer. —

Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026 Drought peaks earlier than normal Because of record heat, much of the West has had exceptionally low levels of snow in the first few months of the year, which is usually how the region stores water for the summer. —

CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026 Each system stores its own isolated piece of the story. —

Celina Yong, STAT, 16 Apr. 2026 The moss also absorbs and stores planet-warming carbon dioxide. —

ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026 The restaurant is also known for its Grand Marnier Club, which stores a bottle of the cognac orange liqueur for each of its members. —

Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2026 The company says hackers accessed one of its systems that stores electronic health records, not confirmed patient records themselves. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026 The avatar remembers everything, stores their entire personal history, catches every joke, and responds with flattering warmth. —

Shai Tubali, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026 Maribel does housekeeping for an Airbnb, and MindShiftED stores its equipment in a shed on the property for free. —

Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Mar. 2026

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Overseas, the Journal reports an unprecedented legal arrangement for the US to take out a two-year lease renewable for 99 years on a 4,000-acre site in the Philippines, a key ally, and turn it into a high-tech manufacturing hub to draw on the country’s rich reserves of cobalt, copper, and nickel.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
China reached record-high oil production last year, as companies pumped more from aging oil fields, put new technology to use on sprawling offshore reserves in China’s Bohai Sea, and continued to drill boreholes miles deep into oilfields in far western Xinjiang in search of more supplies.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026