Synonyms of stowed

stowed

verb

past tense of stow

1

as in stored

to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability

stow the extra life jackets in the chest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stored
• kept
• packed
• reposited
• housed
• put up
• filed
• warehoused
• hangared
• shelved
• garaged
• cellared

2

as in stashed

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stored
• stashed
• hoarded
• accumulated
• collected
• stockpiled
• acquired
• laid in
• laid up
• preserved
• treasured
• piled
• conserved
• deposited
• laid by
• gathered
• kept
• saved
• cached
• set aside
• stacked
• put by
• assembled
• laid away
• retained
• salted away
• concealed
• amassed
• buried
• squirreled (away)
• held
• stocked
• scraped (together)
• garnered
• concentrated
• reserved
• rounded up
• heaped
• secreted
• withheld
• set by
• ensconced
• picked up
• banked
• husbanded
• coffered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discarded
• unloaded
• dumped
• consumed
• cast
• wasted
• jettisoned
• flung (off or away)
• threw out
• relinquished
• used up
• spent
• squandered
• surrendered
• ditched
• handed out
• expended
• threw away
• handed over
• dissipated
• exhausted
• blew
• depleted
• scattered
• lavished
• ran through
• dispersed
• impoverished
• dispelled
• misspent
• frittered (away)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stowed

The suit also has pockets and hook-and-loop fasteners (Velcro) so tools can be easily stowed and retrieved. —Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2026

The passenger in the middle seat had a heavy bag with a water bottle in her lap, which a flight attendant stowed overhead before departure. —Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026

The former was vented out, while the latter had to be stowed. —Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026

The secondary bedroom, meanwhile, is accessed by a neat folding staircase, like the one seen on the Jordy, that's stowed against the wall when not in use, freeing up space in the living room. —Adam Williams april 02, New Atlas, 2 Apr. 2026

Disney maintains on-property greenhouses, where some topiaries were stowed along with its flower towers, decorative stacks of blooms. —Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026

Dube said the extra fuel needed to be stowed on board would have displaced the people the Cubans say were on the boat. —David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026

More than three years later, Hall’s staff found a correctional officer’s uniform that Friedmann had stowed in the jail’s ductwork. —James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026

There is one product, however, that is beneficial to have stowed under the sink for times when an organic remedy isn’t an option. —Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2026