Synonyms for procure
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Acquire — to acquire or obtain
acquire, obtain, find, get, take, gain, bring, earn, win, bring about, gather, achieve, contract, cause, reap, score, effect, compass, derive, attain dated
2. Persuade — to induce or persuade someone to do something
persuade, convince, entice, win over, draw, prevail upon, induce, pimp slang US
4. Contrive — to contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause
Other
secure, plead, supplicate, beseech, aby
Definitions
- v. 1
To acquire or obtain.
- v. 2
To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
- v. 3
To induce or persuade someone to do something.
- v. 4
To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
Related words
- Word family
- procurable procuracy procurator procurement procurer procuress proxy
- Phrases
- procure to pay
Forms
- Past participle
- procured
e.g. procured → acquired, obtained, getten, taken…
Example sentences
- gain Tom doesn't gain weight even though he eats a lot.
- earn Tom doesn't earn enough money to support a family.
- obtain I am able to obtain a registration form for free.
- acquire I managed to acquire the book after a long search.
- convince She couldn't convince him to write a song for her.
- persuade Will it do me any good to try to persuade him now?
By length
- 3 letters
- get1, win1, buy1, aby
- 4 letters
- take1, find1, gain1, draw1, earn1, reap1, pimp1
- 5 letters
- bring1, cause1, score1, plead1
- 6 letters
- effect2, secure2, obtain2, gather2, attain2, induce2, derive2, devise2, entice2, pander2
- 7 letters
- achieve2, acquire3, compass2, beseech2
- 8 letters
- contract2, purchase2, convince2, persuade2, contrive2
- 9 letters
- implement3
- 10 letters
- effectuate4, supplicate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (effect2 = 2 syllables).