Synonyms of stores

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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
• shoppes
• markets
• emporia
• bazaars
• marketplaces
• emporiums
• boutiques
• outlets
• showrooms
• marts
• chain stores
• department stores
• superstores
• variety stores
• thrift shops
• exchanges
• dime stores
• supercenters
• mini-marts
• five-and-dimes
• 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
• tons
• deals
• quantities
• hundreds
• piles
• bundles
• chunks
• lots
• bunches
• dozens
• dozen
• stacks
• masses
• plenties
• rafts
• wealths
• slews
• abundances
• buckets
• volumes
• yards
• truckloads
• myriads
• hundred
• heaps
• packs
• mountains
• all kinds (of)
• bushels
• quite a bit
• scads
• barrels
• reams
• shiploads
• carloads
• sights
• pots
• boatloads
• gobs
• oodles
• fistfuls
• good deals
• basketfuls
• sheaves
• multiplicities
• wads
• pecks
• potfuls
• basketsful
• lashins
• much
• messes
• thousands
• platefuls
• plenitudes
• profusions
• lashings
• floods
• passels
• spates
• surpluses
• multitudes
• millions
• scores
• plagues
• plentitudes
• rashes
• swarms
• hosts
• seas
• hordes
• crowds
• epidemics
• excesses
• flocks
• armies
• redundancies
• throngs
• bonanzas
• overflows
• droves
• million
• 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
• ounces
• grains
• atoms
• strains
• handfuls
• granules
• particles
• peanuts
• touches
• hints
• traces
• streaks
• rays
• specks
• mites
• nips
• dots
• scraps
• scruples
• drams
• licks
• sprinkles
• driblets
• pinches
• dabs
• suspicions
• glimmers
• little
• mouthfuls
• aces
• shreds
• sections
• pieces
• crumbs
• flecks
• motes
• sprinklings
• drops
• portions
• pittances
• shots
• smidgeons
• dashes
• handsful
• shortages
• nubbins
• morsels
• smidgens
• smidgins
• scintillas
• smidges
• modicums
• tittles
• lacks
• flyspecks
• wants
• jots
• smatters
• whits
• smatterings
• deficiencies
• iotas
• deficits
• scarcities
• absences
• famines
• inadequacies
• insufficiencies
• dearths
• undersupplies
• poverties
• paucities

stores

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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)