Synonyms for borrow
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another
Related words
- Word family
- borrower
- Phrases
- borrow roll
- Is a kind of
- receive
Forms
- Past participle
- borrowed
e.g. borrowed → adopted, used, appropriated, mooched…
Example sentences
- adopt If you can't have children, you could always adopt.
- filch When I was a kid, I used to filch candy bars all the time.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| borrow | steady | |
| adopt | steady | |
| filch | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- use1, nip1
- 5 letters
- steal1, adopt2, pinch1, swipe1, mooch, filch1
- 6 letters
- snatch1, desume
- 7 letters
- imitate3
- 8 letters
- simulate3
- 11 letters
- appropriate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (adopt2 = 2 syllables).