English word
Bank
Definitions
noun (1)
- a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as
- a piled-up mass of cloud or fog
- an undersea elevation rising especially from the continental shelf
- the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea or forming the edge of a cut or hollow
- a steep slope (as of a hill)
- the lateral inward tilt of a surface along a curve
- : the lateral inward tilt of a vehicle (such as an airplane) when turning
- a protective or cushioning rim or piece
Synonyms for bank
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- lender
- mortgagee
- depository
- repository
- thrift
- commercial bank
- countinghouse
- exchequer
- finance company
- finance house
- financial institution
Synonyms by context
A financial establishment, typically one that manages money deposited by clients
noun
A stock of something available for use when required
noun
- store
- fund
- reserve
- stock
- hoard
- pool
- reservoir
- stockpile
- supply
- accumulation
The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake
noun
- coast
- shore
- strand
- beach
- cay
- lakefront
- lakeshore
- lakeside
- riverfront
- riverside
To heap (a substance) into a mass or mound
verb
- heap
- pile
- stack
- accumulate
- amass
- assemble
- mass
- mound
- hill
- heap up
Antonyms for bank
- waste
- withdraw
- disburse
- spend
- disperse
- straighten
- squander
- unpile
- separate
- spread
- scatter
Opposite of to put away or aside (for later use)
- withdraw
- disburse
- disperse
- spend
- straighten
- unpile
- waste
- separate
- spread
- squander
Opposite of to lean, tilt or veer
Opposite of to move or cause to move into a sloping position
- surrender
- yield
- come level
- come upright
- straighten up
Opposite of a naturally raised area of land
- decline
- depression
- lowland
- ditch
- valley
- lowness
- unimportance
- disorganization
- disorganisation
- nadir
Opposite of a collection of things, typically considered as a unit
- dispersal
- scattering
- individual
- one
- whole
- none
- harmony
- method
- tidiness
- organisation
Opposite of the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water
- centre
- center
- inland
- interior
- middle
- inside
- heart
- core
- midpoint
- midsection
Phrases
- building and loan association
- building society
- clearing bank
- commercial bank
- credit union
- finance company
- finance house
- financial institution
- high-street bank
- investment firm
- merchant bank
- mix up
- savings and loan
- savings and loan association
- savings bank
- savings institution
- thrift institution
- trust company