Store — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

verb noun adjective /ˈstȯr/

Meaning & Definition of Store

Store (verb)

  1. lay away, accumulate
  2. furnish, supply; especially, to stock against a future time
  3. to place or leave in a location (such as a warehouse, library, or computer memory) for preservation or later use or disposal

Store (noun)

  1. a business establishment where usually diversified goods are kept for retail sale
  2. something that is stored or kept for future use
  3. articles (as of food) accumulated for some specific object and drawn upon as needed, stock, supplies

Store (adjective)

  1. of, relating to, kept in, or used for a store
  2. purchased from a store as opposed to being natural or homemade, manufactured, ready-made

Store (noun) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

  1. 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"

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

  2. a supply stored up and often hidden away

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

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

  3. an establishment where goods are sold to consumers

    "go to the grocery store for orange juice and eggs"

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

  4. a considerable amount

    "we laid by a store of food for the party"

    similar: abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket, bunch, bundle, bushel, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, lashings (chiefly British), loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, pack, passel, peck, pile, plateful, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, pot, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, sheaf, shipload, sight, slew, spate, stack, ton, truckload, volume, wad, wealth, yard, all kinds (of), quite a bit
    related: epidemic, plague, rash, bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, plethora, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, deluge, flood, overflow, army, bevy, cram, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, press, score, sea, swarm, throng, gazillion, jillion, kazillion, million, thousands, trillion, zillion
    opposite: ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, nip, ounce, peanuts, pinch, pittance, scruple, shade, shadow, smidgen, speck, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, taste, touch, trace
    near: atom, crumb, dot, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, grain, granule, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, mote, nubbin, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, shred, tittle, whit, smatter, smattering, dash, drop, morsel, shot, piece, portion, section, absence, dearth, famine, lack, paucity, poverty, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, meagerness, scantiness, scantness, skimpiness

Store (verb) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

  1. to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability

    "we decided to store the lawn mower in the shed instead of the garage"

    similar: keep, put up, reposit, stow
    related: cellar, garage, hangar, house, warehouse, file, pack, shelve

  2. 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"

    similar: cache, hoard, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, squirrel (away), stash, stockpile, stow, treasure, set aside
    related: 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
    near: 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, scatter

Store (adjective) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

  1. made beforehand in large numbers

    "preferred homemade bread to store brands"

    similar: bought, mass-produced, off-the-peg (chiefly British), off-the-rack, off-the-shelf, ready-made, store-bought
    related: ready-to-wear, commercial, prefab, prefabricated, hand-me-down
    opposite: bespoke, custom, customized, custom-made, tailored, tailor-made
    near: handcrafted, handmade, homemade

Related Entry: Store-bought (adjective)

Store-bought is a different word from Store. The synonyms below are for store-bought, not for store.

  1. made beforehand in large numbers

    "he served store-bought biscuits and airily pretended he had baked them himself"

    similar: bought, mass-produced, off-the-peg (chiefly British), off-the-rack, off-the-shelf, ready-made, store
    related: ready-to-wear, commercial, prefab, prefabricated, hand-me-down
    opposite: bespoke, custom, customized, custom-made, tailored, tailor-made
    near: handcrafted, handmade, homemade

Related Entry: Dime-store (adjective)

Dime-store is a different word from Store. The synonyms below are for dime-store, not for store.

  1. costing little

    "a dime-store tablecloth that is certainly good enough for a picnic"

    similar: affordable, bargain-basement, budget, cheap, cheapie, cheapo, chintzy, cut-price (chiefly British), cut-rate, dirt cheap, el cheapo, inexpensive, low, low-end, popular, reasonable
    related: cheapish, moderate, discount, discounted, fire-sale, lowered, reduced, wholesale, valueless, worthless, supercheap, ultracheap
    opposite: costly, dear, deluxe, expensive, high, high-ticket, precious, premium, pricey, spendy (chiefly Northwest), valuable
    near: increased, inflated, exorbitant, extravagant, overpriced, prohibitive, prohibitory, steep, stiff, superexpensive, ultraexpensive, unreasonable, invaluable, priceless, luxurious

Related Entry: Set store by (phrase)

Set store by is a different word from Store. The synonyms below are for set store by, not for store.

  1. to think very highly or favorably of

    "He sets store by the example set by his parents."

    similar: admire, appreciate, consider, esteem, regard, respect
    related: acclaim, accredit, applaud, approve, commend, compliment, credit, praise, delight (in), drink (in), enjoy, relish, revel (in), savor, dig, fancy, favor, groove (on), like, love, adore, adulate, canonize, deify, dote (on), hallow, idolize, revere, reverence, venerate, worship, cherish, prize, treasure, value
    near: abhor, abominate, despise, detest, execrate, hate, loathe, condemn, decry, deplore, disapprove, discount, discountenance, disdain, disfavor, dislike, dismiss, disregard, frown (on or upon), kiss off, scorn, vilify

  2. to regard as right or true

    "I don't set much store by his opinion."

    similar: accept, believe, buy, credit, swallow, take, trust
    related: account, accredit, understand, assume, presume, suppose, conclude, deduce, infer
    opposite: disbelieve, discredit, reject
    near: distrust, doubt, misdoubt, mistrust, question, suspect, challenge, dispute

  3. to hold dear

    "He'll always set store by his favorite childhood books."

    similar: appreciate, cherish, love, prize, treasure, value
    related: delight (in), dig, enjoy, fancy, groove (on), like, relish, revel (in), admire, apprize, esteem, regard, respect, revere, reverence, venerate, enshrine, memorialize, adore, caress, dote (on), idolize, worship
    opposite: disvalue
    near: undervalue, abhor, abominate, despise, detest, execrate, hate, loathe, disdain, high-hat, scorn, scout, slight, sniff (at), snub, bad-mouth, belittle, cry down, decry, deprecate, depreciate, disparage, kiss off, minimize, put down, write off, abandon, forget, neglect

Related Entry: Chain store (noun)

Chain store is a different word from Store. The synonyms below are for chain store, not for store.

  1. as in department store, dime store

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

Related Entry: Department store (noun)

Department store is a different word from Store. The synonyms below are for department store, not for store.

  1. as in chain store, dime store

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

Related Entry: Dime store (noun)

Dime store is a different word from Store. The synonyms below are for dime store, not for store.

  1. as in department store, chain store

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

Related Entry: Package store (noun)

Package store is a different word from Store. The synonyms below are for package store, not for store.

  1. as in bar, watering place

    similar: bar, barroom, café, cantina (Southwest), dramshop, gin mill, grogshop (chiefly British), pub, public house (chiefly British), saloon, taproom, tavern, watering hole, watering place, alehouse, barrelhouse, bistro, bottle club, brewpub, cabaret, dive, joint, nightclub, roadhouse, speakeasy, sports bar, wineshop

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Another Word for Store

The most common words with a similar meaning to Store:

Chiefly British: lashings, off-the-peg
cache, deposit, hoard, reserve, stash, stockpile, bazaar, emporium, shop, abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket, bunch, bundle, bushel, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, pack, passel, peck, pile, plateful

Antonyms & Opposite Words for Store

Words with the opposite meaning of Store:

ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, nip, ounce, peanuts, pinch, pittance, scruple, shade, shadow, smidgen, speck, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, taste

Related Words for Store

budget, fund, nest egg, armory, arsenal, bank, pool, reservoir, stock, supply, accumulation, assemblage, collection, gathering, coffers, funds, savings, sinking fund, inventory, provisions, resources, harvest, repertory, market, marketplace, outlet, showroom, boutique, chain store, department store

Near Antonyms of Store

atom, crumb, dot, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, grain, granule, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, mote, nubbin, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, shred, tittle, whit, smatter, smattering, dash, drop, morsel, shot, piece, portion, section

Word Forms of Store

Inflections: stored, storing

Derived words: storable (adjective)

Origin & Etymology of Store

Middle English storen "to rebuild, restore, supply provisions for (a person, place), provide with," aphetic variant of astoren, borrowed from Anglo-French estorer "to repair, restore, stock (a place) with, provide for, found, establish" (also continental Old French), going back to Latin instaurāre "to start afresh (an interrupted rite), take up again, restore, renew," from in- in-:2 + -staurāre, perhaps derivative of an adjective *stauro- "big, great, strong," going back to Indo-European *steh2-u-ro-, derivative of the verbal base *steh2- "stand" stour:1

First known use: 13th century

Vocabulary Lists & Topics for Store

Words & Phrases Containing Store

store-bought, store cheese, store brand, store-brand, store card, chain store

Frequently Asked Questions about Store

What does "Store" mean?

"Store" means lay away, accumulate. As an a verb, a noun and an adjective, it is defined as: lay away, accumulate. It has 7 distinct senses.

What is another word for "Store"?

Other words for "Store" include cache, deposit, hoard, reserve, stash, stockpile, bazaar and emporium. The best synonym depends on which meaning of "Store" you intend.

What are different ways to say "Store"?

There are 206 words and phrases with a similar meaning to "Store". Common alternatives include cache, deposit, hoard, reserve, stash, stockpile, bazaar, emporium, shop and abundance.

What is the opposite of "Store"?

Antonyms of "Store" include ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful and hint. Near antonyms include atom, crumb, dot and fleck.

How do you use "Store" in a sentence?

Examples of "Store" in a sentence: "her husband has a store of old magazines that he has been collecting for years"; "keeps a store of quarters in the glove compartment for the parking meters"; "go to the grocery store for orange juice and eggs".

Is "Store" a noun, verb, or adjective?

"Store" can be used as a verb, a noun and an adjective, depending on the context.

Is "Store" useful for IELTS, TOEFL, and other English exams?

As an A2-level word, "Store" is typical of Cambridge A2 Key (KET), PTE Academic 30–42, TOEIC Listening & Reading 225+.

How do you pronounce "Store"?

"Store" is pronounced /ˈstȯr/.