Synonyms for pawn
- verb
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
- n. 1
The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.
Related words
- Word family
- pawnbroker
- Phrases
- pawn off passed pawn tall pawn
- Is a kind of
- chess piece chessman piece object manipulee
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pawn | rising | |
| impawn | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- soak1, gage1, vamp1, hock1
- 5 letters
- fence1, limbo2, spout1
- 6 letters
- pledge1, lumber2, plight1, impawn
- 7 letters
- deposit3
- 8 letters
- security4
- 9 letters
- manipulee
- 10 letters
- instrument3
- 11 letters
- impignorate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (limbo2 = 2 syllables).