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

To ensure that bots act as instructed, Mastercard’s new protocol stores permissions that humans grant their AI agents onto a blockchain. —Ben Weiss, Fortune, 10 June 2026

While the food is no longer being sold in stores, the products could still be in pet owners' pantries and freezers. —Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 10 June 2026

The one in my town of Wellington saw major stores leave over the last decade. —Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026

Those are hotels, restaurants, retail stores. —Brian New, CBS News, 10 June 2026

The viral sourdough Dan’s Bagels opened in Trophy Club in 2021 and quickly expanded to stores in Fort Worth and Grapevine at the end of last year, and another location in Argyle in April. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026

Founded in 2013, the brand has over 7,000 stores around the world and has collaborated with brands like Disney, Peanuts and Barbie. —Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026

That pilot program began across 600 stores in the summer of 2021. —Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 10 June 2026

Meanwhile, fans also can purchase official tournament merchandise at FIFA World Cup 2026 retail pop-up stores now operating across the region. —Kristy Hutchings, Daily News, 10 June 2026

Verb

In May, at the manufacturing facility, which stores thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals in pressurized tanks used to produce materials such as plexiglass for fighter jet and commercial aircraft windows, one tank threatened to leak or explode. —Nilesh Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026

Rigorous testing The new device is a supercapacitor, a type of energy-storage technology that stores energy by separating electrical charges rather than through chemical reactions. —Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026

For biopsy mode, a gripper captures and stores tissue samples for later analysis, potentially allowing doctors to perform biopsies in difficult-to-access locations. —New Atlas, 8 June 2026

One of these is the presence of an underground structure that stores starch and allows the plant to spread through the soil when growing conditions are good, and to rejuvenate from environmental stress should its above-ground growth die. —Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 June 2026

Your phone already stores payment cards, tickets, boarding passes, keys and loyalty cards. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026

There is also a new portable charging case for the Oura Ring 5 that stores one month of battery. —Claire Peltier, ABC News, 28 May 2026

The district now stores the devices in carts at school. —Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 26 May 2026

The tank, which stores a toxic industrial chemical, overheated and caused pressure to build up. —Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 May 2026