STOWS Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

stows

verb

present tense third-person singular of stow

as in keeps

to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability stow the extra life jackets in the chest

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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

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Recent Examples of stows The larger case easily stows a Kindle or iPad Mini, power bank, digital camera, earbuds, and more; the smaller one stashes cords and adapters. — Morgan Ashley Parker, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stows

Verb

The Goodyear House’s changing menu keeps items exciting, but its Goopy Burger is a tried-and-true favorite.

— Laura Horne July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Meanwhile, the Philippines keeps showing the world how a determined state can fight and win on the legal battlefield.

— Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of keeps

Verb

The larger case easily stows a Kindle or iPad Mini, power bank, digital camera, earbuds, and more; the smaller one stashes cords and adapters.

— Morgan Ashley Parker, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026
To de-slime his pike, the Griz puts them in a paper grocery bag, then puts that bag in a larger garbage bag, and stashes it all in a cooler.

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026

Definition of stashes

Verb

CyberGuy previously reported that a Washington judge ruled Flock license plate reader images can qualify as public records, even when a private company stores the files for a city.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
The product, widely used in electronic devices such as laptops and smartphones, also stores the data that AI models need.

— Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of stores

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Every piece of content must serve as a culturally relevant entry point that accumulates brand equity, especially when day-to-day audience engagement can be largely random.

— Stefano Marrone, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Tennis players with wrist pain are often enduring tendonitis, which is inflammation of the tendons, or tenosynovitis, when fluid accumulates in the sheath that protects that tendon.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of accumulates

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The rule takes effect immediately, even as the agency collects public comments.

— Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 30 July 2026
The system collects readings every 100 milliseconds from roughly 300 sensors on each machine, using time-series anomaly detection and graph neural networks to detect abnormal operating conditions.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026