Synonyms of store

store 1 of 3

noun

1

as in reserve

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

• reserve
• supply
• hoard
• cache
• collection
• deposit
• bank
• reservoir
• fund
• budget
• stock
• stockpile
• nest egg
• pool
• accumulation
• arsenal
• armory
• gathering
• assemblage

2

as in stash

a supply stored up and often hidden away

keeps a store of quarters in the glove compartment for the parking meters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stash
• hoard
• cache
• collection
• stockpile
• inventory
• savings
• funds
• provisions
• reservoir
• resources
• treasure
• deposit
• harvest
• stock
• pool
• sinking fund
• reserve
• gathering
• nest egg
• accumulation
• coffers
• assemblage
• repertory

3

as in shop

an establishment where goods are sold to consumers

go to the grocery store for orange juice and eggs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shop
• market
• outlet
• emporium
• bazaar
• marketplace
• showroom
• boutique
• exchange
• mart
• chain store
• department store
• superstore
• thrift shop
• variety store
• dime store
• five-and-ten
• big box
• mini-mart
• supercenter

4

as in loads

a considerable amount

we laid by a store of food for the party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• plenty
• deal
• ton
• dozen
• bunch
• slew
• chunk
• wealth
• pile
• quantity
• bundle
• lot
• stack
• abundance
• raft
• pack
• yard
• hundred
• bucket
• quite a bit
• truckload
• volume
• heap
• all kinds (of)
• good deal
• mountain
• myriad
• carload
• mass
• pot
• bushel
• boatload
• mess
• gobs
• basketful
• shipload
• reams
• barrel
• multiplicity
• sheaf
• sight
• profusion
• peck
• fistful
• plenitude
• wad
• much
• thousands
• surplus
• score
• oodles
• scads
• potful
• spate
• flood
• plateful
• lashings
• passel
• plentitude
• excess
• plague
• host
• overflow
• rash
• multitude
• crowd
• sea
• drove
• swarm
• flock
• overage
• bonanza
• army
• overabundance
• plethora
• embarrassment
• epidemic
• horde
• press
• superabundance
• throng
• crush
• mob
• overkill
• deluge
• oversupply
• surfeit
• redundancy
• bevy
• herd
• cram
• million
• superfluity
• legion
• overmuch
• zillion
• gazillion
• trillion
• jillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• taste
• spot
• handful
• touch
• grain
• shade
• bit
• molecule
• fragment
• strain
• peanuts
• scrap
• pinch
• hint
• trace
• shadow
• ounce
• section
• nip
• streak
• suspicion
• pittance
• dram
• ray
• atom
• particle
• ace
• mite
• speck
• mouthful
• sprinkling
• lick
• sprinkle
• shred
• glimmer
• granule
• drop
• portion
• dab
• tad
• dot
• mote
• jot
• whit
• scruple
• piece
• modicum
• crumb
• little
• tittle
• shot
• dash
• smattering
• iota
• driblet
• scintilla
• smidgen
• shortage
• morsel
• lack
• absence
• want
• flyspeck
• scarcity
• fleck
• deficiency
• famine
• paucity
• poverty
• deficit
• nubbin
• smatter
• dearth
• insufficiency
• inadequacy
• scantiness
• scantness
• undersupply
• scarceness
• meagerness
• skimpiness

store

2 of 3

verb

ˈstȯr 

1

as in to keep

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

• keep
• house
• warehouse
• stow
• pack
• garage
• reposit
• put up
• cellar
• file
• hangar
• shelve

2

as in to stash

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

• stash
• hoard
• accumulate
• collect
• treasure
• stockpile
• acquire
• save
• stow
• cache
• set aside
• conserve
• lay in
• preserve
• keep
• put by
• gather
• lay up
• lay by
• deposit
• stack
• lay away
• pile
• salt away
• assemble
• squirrel (away)
• retain
• amass
• stock
• round up
• reserve
• husband
• bank
• scrape (together)
• heap
• hold
• garner
• set by
• concentrate
• conceal
• pick up
• bury
• withhold
• secrete
• coffer
• ensconce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dump
• unload
• cast
• ditch
• discard
• throw away
• consume
• throw out
• waste
• spend
• use up
• jettison
• fling (off or away)
• relinquish
• squander
• surrender
• hand out
• hand over
• run through
• blow
• lavish
• dissipate
• expend
• deplete
• exhaust
• disperse
• impoverish
• scatter
• dispel
• fritter (away)
• misspend

store

3 of 3

adjective

as in bought

made beforehand in large numbers

preferred homemade bread to store brands

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bought
• commercial
• ready-made
• store-bought
• off-the-shelf
• off-the-rack
• off-the-peg
• mass-produced
• ready-to-wear
• prefabricated
• prefab
• hand-me-down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• custom
• customized
• tailored
• homemade
• handmade
• custom-made
• handcrafted
• bespoke
• tailor-made

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of store

Noun

Aided by both banks’ employees buying time, citizens had taken guns and ammunition from the hardware store. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026

The space was formerly home to the Conran store and most recently housed a Zara Home pop-up, as reported. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

Verb

The Coast Guard said that the fuel in the Jaria Provider was also stored in ballast tanks, which are typically used to hold water or air to control the ship's buoyancy. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Roughly 10% of dishes that were stored clean had visible debris on it. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026

Adjective

The store cuts come months after Kroger announced two rounds of layoffs of an unspecified number of non-store workers this spring. — Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 June 2025

And online and other non-store sales are expected to increase between 10% and 12%. — Ivana Pino, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2022

Phrases Containing store

• set store by
• set store on