Synonyms for deposit
- noun
- verb
Most common
depository depositary repository sediment sedimentation down payment
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Depository
2. Sediment
3. Down payment — A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for…
Other
security, deposition, drop, silt, alluvium, pledge, pawn, precipitate, put-down, dregs
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
They put down a deposit on the apartment.
- n. 2
Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- v. 1
To lay down; to place; to put.
The waters deposited a rich alluvium.
- v. 2
To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
to deposit goods in a warehouse
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To deposit is to put in a place of security for future use; as, to deposit money in a bank; the original sense, to lay down or let down (quietly), is also common; as, the stream deposits sediment.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- repository An encyclopedia is a repository of knowledge and wisdom.
- sediment Layers of sediment lay at the bottom of the riverbed.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| deposit | falling | |
| repository | rising | |
| depository | steady | |
| depositary | steady | |
| sediment | falling | |
| alluviation | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- put1, fix1, lay1, lob1
- 4 letters
- bank1, save1, drop1, pawn1, silt1
- 5 letters
- place1, store1, stick1, stake1, lodge1, wedge1, posit2, dregs1
- 6 letters
- pledge1
- 7 letters
- situate3, reposit
- 8 letters
- security4, sediment3, alluvium4
- 10 letters
- deposition4, repository5, depository5, depositary5
- 11 letters
- precipitate4, alluviation
- 13 letters
- sedimentation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (posit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dépôt
- Italiano
- deposito
- Español
- depósito
- Deutsch
- Verwahrung
- Català
- dipòsit