Synonyms for receive
Definitions
- v. 1
To be given, sent, or paid something.
He received many presents for his birthday.
- v. 2
To take, as something that is offered; to accept.
He had the offer of employment, but he would not receive it.
- v. 3
To take goods knowing them to be stolen.
Related words
- Word family
- receipt receivable receiver receptacle reception receptive recipient receiving
- Is a kind of
- transfer
Forms
- Past participle
- received
e.g. received → accepted, taken, getten, obtained…
Choose the right word
In receiving, one is strictly passive; he may get an estate by his own exertions or by inheritance; in the latter case he is said to receive it.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- accept We are sorry we are unable to accept your request.
- obtain I am able to obtain a registration form for free.
- acquire I managed to acquire the book after a long search.
- read Written in easy English, the book is easy to read.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1
- 4 letters
- have1, take1, find1, read1, meet1, hold1, gain1
- 5 letters
- admit2, greet1, incur2
- 6 letters
- accept2, secure2, obtain2, invite2, derive2, imbibe2
- 7 letters
- believe2, welcome2, contain2, collect2, embrace2, acquire3
- 9 letters
- encounter3, entertain3
- 10 letters
- experience4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (admit2 = 2 syllables).