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shop - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | shop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of retail business |
| Synonyms: | boutique, chain, department store, emporium, market, mill, outlet, stand, store, deli, five-and-dime, showroom, supermarket |
| Notes: | at first, shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred |
| Main Entry: | shop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look for merchandise to buy |
| Synonyms: | buy, market, purchase, go shopping, hunt for, look for, try to buy |
| Antonyms: | sell |
| Main Entry: | department store |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | retail store |
| Synonyms: | dime store, shop, store, anchor store, chain store, discount store, five-and-dime store, outlet store |
| Main Entry: | emporium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | market |
| Synonyms: | bazaar, boutique, chain, flea market, mall, mart, outlet, shop, shopping center, stand, store, co-op, cut-rate store, discount store, five-and-dime, galleria, outlet store, shopping plaza, supermarket, thrift shop |
| Main Entry: | factory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manufacturing plant |
| Synonyms: | branch, cooperative, firm, forge, foundry, industry, laboratory, mill, mint, shop, warehouse, works, workshop, machine shop, manufactory, salt mines, sweatshop, workroom |
| Main Entry: | garage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage building for vehicles, workplace |
| Synonyms: | barn, parking lot, shop, storage, car stall, carport, parking space, repair shop |
| Main Entry: | market/mart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place, venue for selling goods |
| Synonyms: | bazaar, booth, business, delicatessen, department store, emporium, exchange, fair, general store, grocery store, mall, mart, outlet, shop, square, stall, stock exchange, store, trading post, truck, variety store, warehouse, bodega, chain store, co-op, corner store, deli, dimestore, drugstore, shopping mall, showroom, souk, supermarket |
| Main Entry: | mill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | factory |
| Synonyms: | foundry, plant, shop, works, manufactory, sweatshop |
| Main Entry: | personnel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | employees of business or other enterprise |
| Synonyms: | cadre, corps, crew, faculty, group, human resources, office, organization, people, shop, staff, troop, work force, helpers, members, men and women, troops, workers |
| Main Entry: | purchase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buy, obtain |
| Synonyms: | achieve, acquire, attain, come by, cop*, earn, gain, invest, market, patronize, pick up, procure, realize, redeem, secure, shop, take, take up, truck*, win, deal in, get hold of, go shopping, make a buy, make a purchase, pay for, shop for |
| Antonyms: | sell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | undertaking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | endeavor, attempt |
| Synonyms: | adventure, affair, business, deal, effort, engagement, enterprise, essay, experiment, game, happening, hassle, hazard, job, move, operation, outfit, play, project, proposition, pursuit, shop, striving, struggle, task, thing*, trial, try, venture, work, what one is into |
| Antonyms: | abstention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assistant |
| Synonyms: | abettor, adjutant, aid, aide-de-camp, assistant, attendant, coadjutor, deputy, girl Friday, helper, man Friday, second, shop, stooge, supporter, coadjutant, lieutenant, troops |
| Antonyms: | boss, leader, superior |
| Main Entry: | bureau |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | branch of an organization |
| Synonyms: | agency, authority, board, commission, committee, department, division, front office*, office, service, setup, shop, store, salt mines |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | staff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | employees of organization |
| Synonyms: | cadre, cast, crew, faculty, force, help, organization, personnel, shop, team, work force, agents, assistants, deputies, officers, operatives, servants, teachers, workers |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | company, enterprise |
| Synonyms: | cartel, concern, corporation, establishment, factory, firm, house, institution, market, mill, monopoly, organization, outfit, partnership, setup, shop, store, syndicate, trust, venture, Mom and Pop, fly-by-night operation, megacorp, shoestring operation |
| Main Entry: | office |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of business |
| Synonyms: | agency, building, bureau, cave*, center, department, facility, factory, foundry, room, setup, shop, store, suite, warehouse, salt mines, workstation |
| Antonyms: | home |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | store that sells discounted items |
| Synonyms: | market, shop, factory store, mill store, seconds store, showroom |
| Main Entry: | plant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | factory and its buildings, equipment |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, forge, foundry, gear, machinery, mill, shop, works, yard, manufactory |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military organization |
| Synonyms: | armed forces, army, battalion, body, cell, corps, crew, detachment, division, guard, host, legion, patrol, regiment, shop, squad, squadron, troop, unit, horses, reserves, soldiers |
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