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Synonyms for supply

Most common

provision give provide store cater ply add

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.

    to supply money for the war

  2. v. 2

    To furnish or equip with.

    to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition

  3. v. 3

    To fill up, or keep full.

    Rivers are supplied by smaller streams.

Forms

Past participle
supplied
e.g. supplied → provisioned, given, provided, stored…

Example sentences

  • provide We must provide the victims with food and clothes.
  • store This is a store that caters specially to students.
  • provision There was a provision in his will for his mistress.
  • furnish It will cost me a lot to furnish my new apartment.
  • line Charles always takes the line of least resistance.
  • issue The issue of Third World poverty is very pressing.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
supplyfalling
providesteady
storerising
provisionfalling
furnishfalling
linesteady

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

By length

3 letters
add1, ply1
4 letters
give1, line1, fund1, feed1, fill1
5 letters
issue2, store1, offer2, stock1, carry2, grant1, yield1, equip2, cater2, hoard1
6 letters
afford2, invest2, fulfil2, append2
7 letters
provide2, produce2, reserve2, satisfy3, fulfill2, recruit2, furnish2, fraught1
8 letters
minister3, maintain2
9 letters
provision3, replenish3
10 letters
contribute3, substitute3
11 letters
accommodate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (issue2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
approvisionner
Italiano
approvvigionare