Thesaurus
give
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of GIVE
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to make a present of <math tutors generously give their time to help students after school>
Related Words chip in, kick in, pitch in, throw in; award, confer, endow, endue (or indue), render; afford, comp, furnish, provide; lavish, regale; aid, assist, benefit, help; administer, dish out, dispense, dole out, hand out, impart, issue, mete (out); extend, fork (over, out, or up), offer, pay, proffer, pungle (up), put up, tender; sacrifice
Phrases give of
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to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another <gave my camera to my father to hold while I went swimming>
Synonyms commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust (also intrust), give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest
Related Words confer, grant; assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide; hand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield; bequeath, hand down, hand on, will; advance, lend, loan; furnish, supply; recommit, redeliver, regive, retransfer, retransmit
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to bring before the public in performance or exhibition <the author will give a reading from her latest work at 7:00 p.m.>
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to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure <they loaded the shopping cart with so much food it gave under all the weight>
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to hand over or use up in payment <I wouldn't give a nickel for such a run-down car>
Related Words lavish, rain; blow, dissipate, fritter (away), run through, squander, throw away, waste
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to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion) <she gave her opinion on the matter very firmly and unmistakably>
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to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention <totally gave himself to his studies in the hopes of winning a scholarship for next year>
Related Words readdress, reapply; knuckle down, set (to), settle (down); busy, commit, concern, engage, involve; exert, exhaust, put out, spend, strain, stress, tax, trouble, wear out; carry on, pitch in, plunge (in); grind, hump, hustle, peg (away), plod, plow, plug (away), work
Near Antonyms dally, dawdle, dillydally, fiddle (around), fool around, idle, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle
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to put before another for acceptance or consideration <she gave the committee her grant proposal>
Near Antonyms accept, receive, take; accredit, approbate, approve, authorize, clear, confirm, finalize, formalize, homologate, OK (or okay), ratify, sanction, warrant; decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, reject, turn down, veto; rebuff, rebut, refuse, spurn; retract, withdraw; disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook
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