Synonyms of giving

giving 1 of 3

adjective

1

as in nurturing

Related Words

• nurturing
• caring
• female
• feminine
• womanly
• matronly
• parental
• matriarchal
• motherly
• mother
• maternal
• womanish
• womanlike

2

as in yielding

Related Words

• yielding
• bending
• tractable
• resilient
• workable
• limber
• elastic
• pliant
• flexible
• kneadable
• waxen
• flexile
• supple
• bendable
• ductile
• willowy
• pliable
• adaptable
• bendy
• plastic
• waxy
• malleable
• moldable
• shapable

Dissimilar Words

• rigid
• stiff
• inflexible
• intractable

giving

2 of 3

noun

as in paying

the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services

a diorama about pioneer life at the museum that depicts the giving of beads for clothes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paying
• payment
• compensation
• rendering
• remittance
• remitment
• repayment
• disbursement
• remuneration
• tendering
• reimbursement
• prepayment
• overpayment
• paying up
• paying off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonpayment
• underpayment

giving

3 of 3

verb

present participle of give

1

as in donating

to make a present of

thanked all the tutors who generously gave their time to help students after school

Synonyms & Similar Words

• donating
• volunteering
• providing
• presenting
• contributing
• bestowing
• issuing
• offering
• giving of
• awarding
• giving away
• rendering
• furnishing
• affording
• conferring
• paying
• assisting
• benefiting
• aiding
• imparting
• sacrificing
• throwing in
• endowing
• dispensing
• lavishing
• pitching in
• kicking in
• regaling
• administering
• extending
• helping
• proffering
• chipping in
• tendering
• comping
• handing out
• doling out
• dishing out
• enduing
• meting (out)
• forking (over, out, or up)
• pungling (up)
• putting up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holding
• keeping
• retaining
• withholding
• saving
• preserving
• selling
• lending
• pocketing
• advancing
• loaning

2

as in handing

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another

gave my camera to my father to hold while I went swimming

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handing
• leaving
• transferring
• entrusting
• delivering
• delegating
• passing
• granting
• relinquishing
• transmitting
• commending
• recommending
• trusting
• committing
• confiding
• loaning
• lending
• consigning
• reposing
• submitting
• distributing
• assigning
• conferring
• vesting
• dividing
• bequeathing
• turning over
• supplying
• giving over
• handing over
• dispensing
• furnishing
• dispersing
• yielding
• dealing (out)
• surrendering
• releasing
• willing
• turning in
• advancing
• handing in
• handing down
• handing on
• recommitting
• retransmitting
• redelivering
• retransferring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keeping
• holding
• retaining
• receiving
• withholding
• possessing
• reserving
• owning
• accepting
• taking
• occupying
• holding back
• detaining
• taking in
• taking over

3

as in offering

to bring before the public in performance or exhibition

the author will give a reading from her latest work at 7:00 p.m.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• offering
• presenting
• staging
• carrying
• performing
• mounting
• showing
• displaying
• exhibiting
• exposing
• coming out with
• rendering
• representing
• unveiling
• enacting
• playing
• portraying
• showing off
• parading
• previewing
• depicting
• acting
• extending
• tendering
• impersonating
• dramatizing
• proffering

4

as in collapsing

to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

they loaded the shopping cart with so much food it gave under all the weight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsing
• going
• yielding
• crumpling
• tumbling
• buckling
• giving way
• dying
• melting
• shattering
• going out
• foundering
• crumbling
• imploding
• breaking
• crashing
• caving (in)
• failing
• bursting
• flattening
• popping
• splitting
• snapping
• smashing
• stalling
• cracking
• giving out
• deflating
• splintering
• melting down
• breaking down
• conking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• swelling
• inflating

5

as in spending

to hand over or use up in payment

I wouldn't give a nickel for such a run-down car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paying
• spending
• disbursing
• expending
• laying out
• dropping
• outlaying
• shelling out
• wasting
• forking (over, out, or up)
• lavishing
• squandering
• blowing
• raining
• dissipating
• throwing away
• running through
• frittering (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saving
• making
• acquiring
• gaining
• earning
• securing
• winning
• realizing
• procuring
• hoarding
• laying up
• caching
• garnering

6

as in expressing

to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)

she gave her opinion on the matter very firmly and unmistakably

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expressing
• voicing
• stating
• looking
• announcing
• airing
• raising
• writing
• expounding
• ventilating
• sounding
• saying
• conveying
• venting
• describing
• putting forth
• offering
• proclaiming
• disseminating
• declaring
• publishing
• giving air to
• submitting
• circulating
• broadcasting
• advertising
• enunciating
• communicating
• enouncing
• speaking out
• writing up
• speaking up
• sounding off
• putting over
• putting across
• chiming in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressing
• restricting
• stifling
• restraining
• censoring

7

as in devoting

to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention

totally gave himself to his studies in the hopes of winning a scholarship for next year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devoting
• applying
• addressing
• committing
• buckling
• bending
• getting cracking
• working
• spending
• getting with it
• exerting
• getting one's act together
• turning one's hand
• reapplying
• involving
• setting (to)
• taxing
• concerning
• settling (down)
• readdressing
• stressing
• busying
• engaging
• troubling
• wearing out
• exhausting
• hustling
• plowing
• carrying on
• knuckling down
• plunging (in)
• humping
• putting out
• plugging (away)
• pitching in
• grinding
• pegging (away)
• straining
• plodding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• playing
• idling
• trifling
• dawdling
• fooling around
• fiddling (around)
• messing around
• puttering (around)
• dallying
• pottering (around)
• monkeying (around)
• dillydallying

8

as in providing

to produce as revenue

a company that consistently gives $30 million in profits to the owner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• yielding
• paying
• providing
• returning
• bearing
• supplying
• affording
• furnishing
• bringing in
• netting
• paying off

9

as in supplying

to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption

gave him my e-mail address

Synonyms & Similar Words

• providing
• supplying
• handing
• feeding
• furnishing
• delivering
• distributing
• dispensing
• handing over
• allocating
• administering
• plying (with)
• dealing (out)
• assigning
• apportioning
• transferring
• ceding
• prorating
• doling out
• portioning
• meting (out)
• deeding
• parceling (out)
• making over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holding (back)
• retaining
• keeping (back)
• maintaining
• preserving
• withholding
• saving
• reserving
• conserving
• keeping up

10

as in tendering

to put before another for acceptance or consideration

she gave the committee her grant proposal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• offering
• tendering
• extending
• submitting
• proffering
• proposing
• posing
• running by
• trotting out
• volunteering
• holding out
• giving in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receiving
• taking
• accepting
• approving
• authorizing
• denying
• confirming
• warranting
• rejecting
• ratifying
• sanctioning
• clearing
• formalizing
• declining
• finalizing
• refusing
• accrediting
• disallowing
• vetoing
• disapproving
• turning down
• spurning
• withdrawing
• rebutting
• negativing
• ignoring
• neglecting
• disregarding
• retracting
• homologating
• approbating
• OK'ing
• overlooking
• rebuffing

11

as in transmitting

to cause (something) to pass from one to another

she gave her cold to me, and now I'm so sick that I can barely get out of bed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• transmitting
• spreading
• conveying
• imparting
• communicating
• disseminating
• propagating
• transferring
• conducting
• delivering
• transfusing
• diffusing
• surrendering
• broadcasting
• infecting
• turning over
• contaminating
• handing over
• poisoning
• handing down
• handing on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• catching
• contracting
• coming down (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of giving

Noun

The world’s largest givers This week, Bridgespan also updated its rankings of the world’s largest corporate and institutional givers, based on average annual giving between 2020 and 2024. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

Both certainly worked less in their final years than during the peaks of their careers, but continued giving interviews, making appearances and pursuing their creative passions. — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

What to Watch for Political giving is likely to only ramp up as the election draws near, and billionaires could still pour additional millions into top races. — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Thank you for giving, sharing, praying, helping carry them through this unimaginably difficult season, and for giving them one less thing to have to worry about right now. — Susan Bromley, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026

One bright side of her demanding schedule is the influence her work has had on her son, who shares a similar attitude toward giving and positivity. — Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2026

And the system has created a related foundation to boost charitable giving. — Daniel Payne, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026

Consider these tips Gift giving is a very common way to show love and support when someone is grieving a loss. — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

Attendants were tasked with caring for the trees, interacting with visitors, and giving performances, as well as contributing knickknacks that would serve as totems from their past. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Verb

In standard Series 62 form, the engine produced around 210 hp, giving the big Cadillac plenty of muscle for its era. — New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2026

Seattle can keep itself in games, much like this one, by stone-walling opponents and giving its offense a chance to take advantage of short fields and turnovers. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026

In July, a bipartisan panel found tech billionaire Elon Musk likely broke state law by giving $1 million checks to voters in the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

The new trailer fleshes out the basic premise, giving us a Carrie who has been homeschooled all her life and is clearly not equipped to deal with the harsh realities of high school in the 2020s. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026

Apple is giving its wearable lineup a major hardware refresh, pairing new AirPods with significant changes to its smartwatch platform. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

The 444-foot drive to center — the longest homer hit at Dodger Stadium this season — came on an 87 mph changeup, giving De La Cruz a homer in four consecutive games, tying his career high. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

Now, Wong has been given a $1 million pay bump, with the wealthy city-state giving a big boost to ministers’ salaries for the first time in 15 years. — John Liu, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Compared to other changes—like restricting minor use to two hours per day and giving them the option to have a non-personalized feed—what, exactly, the limits on beauty filters will look like is still a bit fuzzy. — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 2 Sep. 2026