Synonyms for give
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Allow — to allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede
allow, grant, hand, confer, deliver, turn over, pass, offer, bestow, lend, do, concede, pass on, extend, award, reach, deal, spare, communicate, administer, strike, transfer
Definitions
- v. 1
To yield or collapse under pressure or force.
One pillar gave, then more, and suddenly the whole floor pancaked onto the floor below.
- v. 2
To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
He can be bad-tempered, I'll give you that, but he's a hard worker.
- v. 3
To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
I gave my coat to the beggar.
- v. 4
To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. To make a present or gift of.
I'm going to give my wife a necklace for her birthday.
Related words
- Word family
- give-and-take given giving giver
- Phrases
- give up give way give away give out give in give notice give the axe give chase
- Is a kind of
- transfer
- Other spellings
- gyve
Forms
- Past participle
- given
e.g. given → allowed, granted, handed, conferred…
Choose the right word
Give thus becomes, like get, a term of such general import as to be a synonym for a wide variety of words. To impart is to give of that which one still, to a greater or less degree, retains; the teacher imparts instruction.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- allow He didn't allow me to pay the bill for the dinner.
- grant My father, God grant him peace, was an accountant.
- deliver Tom asked me to come here to deliver this message.
- confer You should confer with your attorney on this matter.
- yield I'd rather die than yield to this sort of demand.
- cede There isn't a Monday that would not cede its place to Tuesday.
By length
- 2 letters
- do1
- 3 letters
- pay1
- 4 letters
- have1, make1, hand1, deal1, move1, pass1, gift1, bend1, lend1, flex1, cede1
- 5 letters
- leave1, break1, allow2, offer2, award2, reach1, grant1, spare1, yield1, allot2
- 6 letters
- supply2, strike1, afford2, extend2, commit2, convey2, render2, assign2, devote2, confer2, impart2, bestow2
- 7 letters
- provide2, present2, deliver3, founder2, abandon3, concede2, dispose2
- 8 letters
- transfer2, collapse2, dedicate3, bequeath2
- 9 letters
- surrender3
- 10 letters
- contribute3, administer4, consecrate3
- 11 letters
- communicate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (allow2 = 2 syllables).