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stow

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of stow

1 to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability

  • stow the extra life jackets in the chest
Synonyms of stow

keep, put up, reposit, store
Words Related to stow

cellar, garage, hangar, house, warehouse

file, pack, shelve

2 to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place

  • stowed candy bars, which were forbidden at the summer camp, under a board in the cabinʼs floor
Synonyms of stow

cache, hoard, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, squirrel (away), stash, stockpile, store, treasure
Words Related to stow

accumulate, acquire, amass, assemble, collect, concentrate, garner, gather, pick up, round up, scrape (together)

heap, pile, stack

conserve, husband, preserve

bank, coffer, deposit, hold, keep, reserve, retain, save, set by, stock, withhold

bury, conceal, ensconce, secrete
Phrases Synonymous with stow

set aside
Near Antonyms of stow

cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling (off or away), jettison, throw away, throw out, unload

consume, squander, use up, waste

hand out, hand over, relinquish, surrender

blow, dissipate, fritter (away), lavish, misspend, run through, spend

deplete, exhaust, expend, impoverish

dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter

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