| Main Entry: | supplies |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equipment, provisions |
Synonyms: |
food, foodstuffs, items, material, materials, necessities, provender, rations, raw materials, replenishments, stock, store, stores |
| Main Entry: | supply |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reserve of goods |
Synonyms: |
accumulation, amount, backlog, cache, fund, hoard, inventory, number, quantity, reservoir, source, stock, stockpile, store, surplus |
Antonyms: |
debt, lack |
| Main Entry: | supply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | furnish, provide, give a resource |
Synonyms: |
afford, cater, cater to, come across with, come through, come up with, contribute, deliver, dispense, drop, endow, equip, feed, fill, find, fix up, fulfill, give with, grant, hand, hand over, heel, kick in, minister, outfit, pony up, produce, provision, purvey, put out, put up, replenish, satisfy, stake, stock, store, transfer, turn over, victual, yield |
Antonyms: |
seize, take |
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make room, lodging available |
Synonyms: |
board, contain, domicile, entertain, furnish, harbor, hold, house, put up, quarter, receive, rent, shelter, supply, take in, welcome |
Antonyms: |
turn away, turn out |
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform service |
Synonyms: |
afford, aid, arrange, assist, avail, benefit, bow, comfort, convenience, defer, favor, furnish, gratify, help, humor, indulge, oblige, pamper, please, provide, serve, settle, submit, suit, supply, support, sustain, yield |
Antonyms: |
bar, block, frustrate, hinder, impede, limit, obstruct, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | administer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispense something needed |
Synonyms: |
apply, apportion, authorize, bring, contribute, deal, deliver, disburse, distribute, dole out, execute, extend, furnish, give, impose, inflict, issue, measure out, mete out, offer, perform, portion, proffer, provide, regulate, serve, supply, tender |
Antonyms: |
deny, frustrate, refuse, withhold |
| Main Entry: | afford |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, produce |
Synonyms: |
bestow, furnish, grant, impart, offer, provide, render, supply, yield |
Antonyms: |
take away |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quantity |
Synonyms: |
aplenty, bags, bulk, bundle, chunk, expanse, extent, flock, gob, heap, hunk, jillion, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, mess*, mint, mucho, number, oodles*, pack, passel, peck, pile, scads, score, slat, slew, supply, ton, volume, whopper |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
| Main Entry: | apparatus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equipment with a purpose |
Synonyms: |
accoutrement, appliance, black box, contraption, device, dingbat, doodad, doohickey, furnishings, gaff, gear, gimcrack, gimmick, gizmo, grabber, habiliments, idiot box, implement, jigger, job*, machine, machinery, means, mechanism, outfit, paraphernalia, provisions, setup, stuff, supplies, tackle, thingamajig, tools, utensils, whatchamacallit, whatsis, whosis, widget |
| Main Entry: | appoint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | furnish |
Synonyms: |
arm, equip, fit, fit out, gear, outfit, provide, rig, supply, turn out |
Antonyms: |
not give, unfurnish |