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

The hotel’s personality is spelled out by the stores in the mall it’s connected to—all upscale, all chic. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Cross-category retailing can up the experiential quotient for beauty in travel retail stores. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

Bibigo entered Kroger in December 2024 and has since expanded to 10 major retail channels across the United States, per BusinessKorea, a step-change from the brand’s earlier footprint in specialty grocers and club stores. — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026

Recognizing this, brands have opened new avenues to sell apparel to their fans beyond venues, flagship stores and the internet, most notably via pop-up shops. — Matt Martell, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026

The full list of releases, participating stores and additional details are available through Record Store Day. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026

The toys were sold at ABC Trading stores in Los Angeles and other stores nationwide from April to June. — Eva Flowe october 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

Verb

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

The stakes are especially high in the Amazon, which stores vast amounts of carbon dioxide and generates atmospheric moisture that helps regulate weather far beyond South America. — Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Pencil Cactus Despite its branching shape, pencil cactus is a succulent that stores water in its stems, says Aviles. — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 28 Sep. 2026

Research suggests that low ferritin, a protein that stores iron inside your cells, is associated with different forms of hair loss, including telogen effluvium, in women. — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026

This installation stores solar power during periods of low demand. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

The architecture stores the working information as vibrations inside microscopic resonators while superconducting qubits handle processing as usual. — New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026

If your phone already stores location history, preserve that information too. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Fairburn Fire Department Chambers said that no one was in the building, which stores electronic equipment and batteries for recycling, at the time the fire started. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026