Synonyms of stows

stows

verb

present tense third-person singular of stow

1

as in keeps

to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability

stow the extra life jackets in the chest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• keeps
• stores
• packs
• reposits
• houses
• warehouses
• puts up
• files
• shelves
• garages
• cellars
• hangars

2

as in stashes

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 cabin's floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stashes
• stores
• accumulates
• collects
• hoards
• acquires
• conserves
• treasures
• saves
• lays in
• lays up
• gathers
• assembles
• keeps
• preserves
• piles
• caches
• sets aside
• squirrels (away)
• lays away
• stacks
• lays by
• stockpiles
• deposits
• amasses
• puts by
• conceals
• retains
• salts away
• holds
• garners
• buries
• concentrates
• withholds
• rounds up
• scrapes (together)
• husbands
• secretes
• picks up
• coffers
• reserves
• heaps
• stocks
• ensconces
• banks
• sets by

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unloads
• casts
• discards
• ditches
• dumps
• consumes
• throws away
• throws out
• relinquishes
• jettisons
• spends
• wastes
• squanders
• flings (off or away)
• uses up
• surrenders
• blows
• dissipates
• runs through
• hands out
• hands over
• expends
• lavishes
• exhausts
• depletes
• dispels
• disperses
• scatters
• impoverishes
• fritters (away)
• misspends

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stows

The crew stows equipment and puts seats into place. —Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026

Weighing less than most rooftop tents and taking up far less space than a camper, the simple, no-frills solution is always at the ready for a camping trip but stows completely out of the way for unencumbered everyday commuting and cargo hauling. —New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2026

Inside, the padded sleeve stows everything from hydration systems to laptops. —Outside, 17 Nov. 2025