Synonyms for depot
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Depository — A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse
Other
railway station UK AU, station, repertory
Definitions
- n. 1
A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
Near-synonyms: depository, repository
- n. 2
A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
- n. 3
A bus station or railway station.
Related words
- Word family
- deposit
- Phrases
- replacement depot motive power depot repo depot supply depot
Forms
- Plural
- depots → stores, warehouses, storehouses, storages…
Example sentences
- store This is a store that caters specially to students.
- storage Let's solve this storage problem once and for all.
- warehouse Tom sneaked into a warehouse to steal spare parts.
- station Please tell me the closest station to your office.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| depot | falling | |
| store | rising | |
| storage | falling | |
| warehouse | falling | |
| storehouse | steady | |
| station | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- store1
- 7 letters
- station2, storage2
- 8 letters
- magazine3, terminal3, terminus3, entrepot
- 9 letters
- warehouse2, repertory4
- 10 letters
- repository5, depository5, storehouse2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (station2 = 2 syllables).