SHOPS Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of shop

as in stores

also shoppes an establishment where goods are sold to consumers the only shop that has that video game in stock is halfway across the state

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as in factories

a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods a machine shop

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as in dialects

the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field the patient impressed her cardiologist with her ability to talk shop

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shops

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verb

present tense third-person singular of shop, British

as in informs (on)

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Recent Examples of shops

Noun

The partner set to take over leadership of Weil, Gotshal & Manges has held talks to leave the firm for a rival, a move that would compound ongoing talent drain at one of Wall Street’s top dealmaking and restructuring shops. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Shopkeepers boarded up windows while others opened temporarily and endured a nervous Saturday afternoon, after around 3,000 shops were damaged or looted last weekend. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 Storefront display windows of luxury shops in Rome, Milan and Florence were boarded up with plywood, with many businesses closing early in anticipation of violence. — Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 Some 3,000 shops across France were damaged or looted over the weekend. — Richard Engel, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026 An engine recall because of a manufacturing defect has backed up repair shops and grounded hundreds of Airbus planes around the world. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026 Lofoten Seaweed's colorful shops in Napp and Henningsvær are a must-visit for anyone interested in the future of food systems. — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026 In the southern port city of Marseille, some shops and a municipal police station were damaged, while protesters briefly forced their way into the lobby of City Hall. — Sylvie Corbet, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026 Restaurants, grocery stores and shops depend on deliveries, yet too many commercial corridors lack adequate loading zones. — Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shops

Noun

Other locales include Victoria’s Secret stores at the Mall of Millennia in Orlando, Fifth Avenue in New York City and South Coast Plaza in California.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
The first practical transformer was switched on about 15 miles down the road, in 1886, when William Stanley lit stores and offices lining Great Barrington’s Main Street.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of stores

Noun

Documenting many varieties is a way to not just share the language, but to illustrate how dialects of Pennsylvania Dutch differ and maybe even fill in each other’s gaps.

— Eythana Miller, The Dial, 24 Sep. 2026
Italy is a unique country where every city has its own identity, architecture, traditions, flavors, dialects and even different ways of life.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of dialects

Verb

While star Jan White turns in an excellent performance, others appear to be reading off cue cards or chew scenery with Pacino-levels of camp.

— Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2026
Technically speaking, Amber turns in a pretty stellar week-one cha-cha, and the notes from the judges are mostly about finesse and refinement.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of turns in

Noun

Just one year after introducing Tencel Lyocell – HV100 to the denim market, Lenzing has already met its sales target and has onboarded nearly 50 mills across 13 countries.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
Selvedge is now synonymous with premium denim worldwide, and the mills of Okayama supply fabric to high-end jeans makers far beyond Japan, for garments selling at hundreds, even thousands of dollars.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of mills

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The plants extracting the most helium, as of 2023, were located in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma, according to federal data.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Rocks and plants The first method measures beryllium-10, an isotope that accumulates in the top few centimeters of rock that is exposed to the sky.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of plants

Noun

In conference rooms and attempts at collective action alike, these two opposite ends of the supply chain often have different agendas and different ideas of success, and many speak different languages — literally and figuratively.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Most also speak English, which is one of the city’s official languages.

— Lee Cobaj, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026