buy

buy

verb

Definition of BUY

1

to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for <I really want to buy that new book, but I don't have enough money right now>

Synonyms cop [slang], pick up, purchase, take

Related Words acquire, gain, garner, get, obtain, procure, secure, win; finance, pay (for), spring (for); barter (for), deal (for), dicker (over), exchange (for), haggle (for), negotiate (about), trade (for); bargain (with), chaffer (with), horse-trade (with), palter (with); bid, offer; rebuy, repurchase

Near Antonyms deal (in), market, merchandise (also merchandize), retail, sell, vend

2

to influence someone with a bribe <there were rumors that the mobster had bought the judge>

Synonyms buy, corrupt, have, pay off, square

Related Words fix, tamper (with); abase, debase, debauch, defile, degrade, demean, deprave, dishonor, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, subvert, taint, warp; allure, bait, beguile, entice, lead on, lure, seduce, tempt; motivate, provoke, spur, stimulate; goad, induce; flatter, persuade; snare, trap

3

to regard as right or true <if you buy that story, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in>

Synonyms accept, buy, credit, swallow, take, trust

Related Words account, accredit, understand; assume, presume, suppose; conclude, deduce, infer

Near Antonyms distrust, doubt, misdoubt, mistrust, question, suspect; challenge, dispute

Antonyms disbelieve, discredit, reject