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Synonyms for afford

  • verb

Most common

give allow provide produce

All synonyms

Verb

1. Allow — to give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue

give, allow, provide, produce, yield, contribute, supply, confer, furnish, offer, bestow, communicate, endure, spare, support, extend, administer, bear, grant, impart

Antonyms

deny, refuse, withhold

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Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.

    Grapes afford wine.  Olives afford oil.  The earth affords fruit.  The sea affords an abundant supply of fish.

Related words

Word family
affordability affordable

Forms

Past participle
afforded
e.g. afforded → given, allowed, provided, produced…

Choose the right word

Afford or Bear?

To afford is to be equal to a pecuniary demand, i. e., to be able to bear it.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • provide We must provide the victims with food and clothes.
  • allow He didn't allow me to pay the bill for the dinner.
  • produce Your pessimism won't produce any positive results.
  • contribute How will this contribute to Algeria's development?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
affordsteady
providesteady
allowrising
producefalling
contributesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
give1, bear1
5 letters
allow2, offer2, grant1, spare1, yield1
6 letters
supply2, extend2, endure2, confer2, impart2, bestow2
7 letters
support2, provide2, produce2, furnish2
10 letters
contribute3, administer4
11 letters
communicate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (allow2 = 2 syllables).