Synonyms for provision
- noun
- verb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Stipulation — A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso
2. Sustenance
Other
proviso, clause, providing, planning, endowment, board, table, precaution, anticipation, forethought
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
An arrest shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
- n. 2
An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
- v. 1
To supply with provisions.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- provisions → stipulations, conditions, dispositions, sustenances…
- Past participle
- provisioned
e.g. provisioned → supplied, stocked, stored, hoarded…
Example sentences
- disposition My disposition is similar to that of my father.
- sustenance Giraffes rely on acacia leaves for sustenance.
- providing Bangladesh Bank was also providing various advices.
- clause A clause is composed of a subject and a predicate.
- proviso On the proviso that you don't use mayonaise, you may make me a sandwich.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| provision | falling | |
| disposition | falling | |
| stipulation | falling | |
| sustenance | rising | |
| providing | steady | |
| clause | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- meat1
- 5 letters
- board1, table2, store1, stock1, hoard1
- 6 letters
- supply2, clause1, purvey2
- 7 letters
- proviso3, victual
- 8 letters
- planning2
- 9 letters
- condition3, providing3, endowment3
- 10 letters
- precaution3, sustenance3
- 11 letters
- disposition4, subsistence3, nourishment3, stipulation4, forethought2, approvision
- 12 letters
- anticipation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (table2 = 2 syllables).