Banks
biographical name
ˈbaŋ(k)s 
Sir Joseph 1743–1820 English naturalist
banks 1 of 3
noun (1)
1
as in clusters
a number of things considered as a unit a bank of telephones set up for the telethon Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- clusters
- groups
- batches
- arrays
- collections
- lots
- batteries
- bunches
- groupings
- constellations
- packages
- assemblages
- varieties
- bands
- sets
- clumps
- suites
- assortments
- blocks
- parcels
- series
- clots
- clutches
- mixtures
- aggregations
- accumulations
- passels
- huddles
- aggregates
- conglomerations
- musters
- knots
- the whole kit and caboodle
- agglomerations
- sundries
- suits
- cycles
- jumbles
- runs
- miscellanies
- hodgepodges
- odds and ends
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- units
- entities
- items
- singles
2
as in rows
a series of people or things arranged side by side a bank of elevators Synonyms & Similar Words
- rows
- queues
- lines
- chains
- ranks
- strings
- columns
- processions
- tiers
- files
- cues
- trains
- sequences
- ranges
- arrays
- echelons
- concatenations
banks
2 of 3noun (2)
as in mounds
a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow) a bank of dirt that the construction workers left behind Synonyms & Similar Words
- mounds
- mountains
- bars
- embankments
- drifts
- sandbars
- masses
- hills
- tufts
- snowbanks
- stacks
- heaps
- snowdrifts
banks
3 of 3verb
1
as in hills
to form into a pile or ridge of earth banked sand into little mounds on the beach Synonyms & Similar Words
- hills
- mounds
- piles
- stacks
- clumps
- groups
- pyramids
- masses
- heaps
- lumps
- conglomerates
- embanks
- wads
- bunches
- bundles
- accumulates
- gathers
- collects
- assembles
- amasses
2
as in deposits
to put in an account she always banks half of her paycheck Synonyms & Similar Words
- deposits
- stores
- hoards
- reserves
- salts away
- stashes
- caches
- saves
- lays away
- squirrels (away)
- stows
- invests
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- withdraws
- takes out
- removes
- pays
- gives
- spends
- lays out
- disburses
- expends