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afford - 19 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | afford |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | able to have or do; within financial means |
| Synonyms: | allow, bear, incur, manage, spare, stand, support, sustain, be able to, be disposed to, have enough for, have the means for |
| 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: | beget |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, bear |
| Synonyms: | afford, breed, bring, bring about, cause, effect, engender, father, generate, get, multiply, occasion, procreate, produce, propagate, reproduce, sire, give rise to, progenerate, result in |
| Main Entry: | emit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diffuse, discharge |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, belch, breathe, drip, eject, emanate, erupt, evacuate, excrete, exhale, expectorate, expel, expend, expire, extrude, exude, give off, gush, issue, jet, let off, loose, ooze, pass, perspire, pour, pronounce, purge, radiate, reek, secrete, shed, shoot, speak, spew, spill, spit, squirt, throw out, transmit, utter, vent, voice, void, vomit, yield, cast out, disembogue, give out, give vent to, send forth, send out |
| Antonyms: | conceal, contain, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | lend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | loan, accommodate |
| Synonyms: | add, advance, afford, allow, bestow, confer, contribute, entrust, extend, furnish, give, grant, impart, let, loan shark, oblige, permit, present, provide, stake, supply, trust, lay on one, lend-lease, shark |
| Antonyms: | borrow |
| Main Entry: | radiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give off; scatter |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, broadcast, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, diverge, emanate, emit, expand, gleam, glitter, illumine, irradiate, issue, pour, proliferate, propagate, ramble, shed, shine, spread, sprinkle, strew, throw out, transmit, yield, branch out, give out, light up, ramify, send out, shoot out, spread out |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | shed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cast off |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, cashier, cast, diffuse, discard, doff, drop, emit, exude, exuviate, give, jettison, junk, molt, radiate, reject, scatter, scrap, shower, slip, spill, sprinkle, take off, throw, throw away, throw out, yield, disburden, give forth, let fall, pour forth, send forth, slough |
| Antonyms: | put on |
| Main Entry: | supply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | furnish, provide, give a resource |
| Synonyms: | afford, cater, come through*, come up with, contribute, deliver, dispense, drop, endow, equip, feed, fill, find, fix up, fulfill, grant, hand, hand over, heel*, kick in*, minister, outfit, produce, provision, purvey, put out, put up, replenish, satisfy, stake, stock, store, transfer, turn over, yield, cater to, come across with, give with, pony up, victual |
| Antonyms: | seize, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | donate, provide |
| Synonyms: | accord, add, afford, assign, bequeath, bequest, bestow, chip in, come through, commit, confer, devote, dispense, dole out*, endow, enrich, furnish, give, give away, grant, hand out, kick in*, pitch in*, present, proffer, sacrifice, share, subscribe, subsidize, supply, tender, will, ante up, dower, go Dutch, pony up, sweeten the kitty |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, neglect, oppose, shun, subtract, take, withdraw, withhold, take away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | offer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | present, propose for acceptance |
| Synonyms: | accord, advance, afford, allow, award, be at service, bid, come forward, display, donate, exhibit, extend, furnish, give, grant, hold out, lay at one's feet, make available, move, place at disposal, ply, pose, press, proffer, propound, provide, put forth, put forward, put on the market, put up, put up for sale, sacrifice, show, submit, suggest, tender, volunteer |
| Antonyms: | take, take back, withdraw, withhold |
| Main Entry: | produce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | generate, create |
| Synonyms: | afford, assemble, author, bear, beget, blossom, breed, bring out, build, come through, compose, conceive, construct, contribute, cultivate, deliver, design, develop, devise, engender, erect, fabricate, fetch, flower, form, frame, furnish, give, imagine, invent, make, manufacture, multiply, offer, originate, parent, present, procreate, propagate, provide, put together, render, reproduce, return, supply, turn out, write, yield, bring forth, effectuate, give birth, give forth, show fruit |
| Antonyms: | consume, destroy, ruin |
| Main Entry: | provide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | supply, support |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, add, administer, afford, arrange, bestow, bring, care, cater, contribute, dispense, equip, favor, feather*, feed, fit, fix up, furnish, give, grant, hand over, heel*, impart, implement, indulge, keep, lend, line, maintain, minister, outfit, prepare, present, procure, produce, proffer, provision, ration, ready, render, replenish, serve, stake, stock, store, sustain, transfer, turn out, yield, fit out, fix up with, look after, stock up, take care of |
| Antonyms: | deprive, remove, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | actively exhibit something |
| Synonyms: | afford, air, arrive, attend, bare, blazon, brandish, demonstrate, display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, flaunt, flourish, lay out, mount, offer, parade, present, produce, proffer, put on, reveal, sell, show off, sport, spread, stage, streak, submit, supply, trot out, unfold, unfurl, unveil, vaunt, wave, deal in, lay bare, set out, showcase |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | spare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do or manage without |
| Synonyms: | afford, allow, bestow, dispense with, give, grant, pinch, provide, relinquish, salt away*, save, scrape, scrimp, short, skimp, stint, supply, part with, put by |
| Antonyms: | need |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | yield |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce |
| Synonyms: | accrue, admit, afford, allow, beam, bear, blossom, bring in, discharge, earn, furnish, generate, give, give off, hold out, net, offer, pay, proffer, provide, return, supply, tender, turn out, bring forth, sell for |
| Antonyms: | disallow, withhold |
| Main Entry: | furnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, reveal information |
| Synonyms: | afford, bestow, deliver, dispense, endow, feed, grant, hand, hand over, offer, present, provide, supply, transfer, turn over |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secret |
| Main Entry: | impart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give |
| Synonyms: | accord, afford, allow, bestow, cede, confer, contribute, grant, lead, offer, present, relinquish, render, yield, part with |
| Antonyms: | keep, take |
| 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: | bring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | command a price |
| Synonyms: | afford, bring in, draw, earn, fetch, gross, net, produce, return, take, yield, sell for |
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