Home › Words › G › geocachegeocachegeocache · noun — A container hidden in a specific location during geocaching.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom geo- + cache. Suggested by participants in the mailing list gpsstash@egroups.com in May 2000, replacing the earlier gpsstash (see quotations below).nounA container hidden in a specific location during geocaching.verbTo participate in geocaching.e.g.“Those who have never geocached assume that it must be a really easy game;” — 2004, Mike Dyer, The Essential Guide to Geocaching: Tracking Treasure with Your GPS, page 68:To hide or seek a geocache.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.geocaching 77% match — A pastime in which participants use a GPS receiver to find a hidden container at a specific latitude and longitude, or to hide a container to be found in this manner. vs geocache →cachette 64% match — A hidden nook; a hiding place. vs geocache →cacher 64% match — One who caches. vs geocache →cache 59% match — A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly.; Such a store of physical supplies, placed by humans or other animals for practical reasons. vs geocache →geocontainer 56% match — A geosynthetic container filled with sand or similar material and used underwater as part of a dam, etc. vs geocache →geolocatable 52% match — Capable of being geolocated. vs geocache →crypt 51% match — A cave or cavern. vs geocache →cove 51% match — A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. vs geocache →