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Synonyms for rent

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

snag economic rent pension rental

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Rip

rip, tear, split, break, hole, rive, breach, snag, crack, opening, gap, crevice, rupture, cleft, rift, schism, laceration, fracture, flaw, fissure

Other

rental, pension, economic rent

Verb

1. Hire

hire UK, lease informal, take, charter, engage

Other

let

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.

    I am asking £300 a week rent.

  2. v. 1

    To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.

    I rented a house from my friend's parents for a year.

Related words

Word family
rental rentcharge renting rent-seeking rent-a-car rent-a-john rentee renter
Phrases
rent out chief rent economic rent ground rent pay the rent rent boy

Forms

Plural
rents → rips, tears, splits, breaks…
Past participle
rented
e.g. rented → hired, leased, taken, chartered…

Example sentences

  • snag You stole my bike, and now I'm going to snag your face.
  • pension The pension is not sufficient for living expenses.
  • rental Dan parked the rental car near the police station.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rentfalling
snagrising
pensionfalling
rentalfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
let1, gap1, rip1
4 letters
take1, hole1, hire2, tear1, rift1, flaw1, snag1, rive
5 letters
break1, split1, crack1, lease1, cleft1
6 letters
engage2, breach1, rental2, schism2
7 letters
opening3, pension2, charter2, rupture2, fissure2, crevice2
8 letters
fracture2
10 letters
laceration4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hire2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
loyer
Español
renta
Català
lloguer