Synonyms of have

have 1 of 4

verb (1)

1

as in to possess

to keep, control, or experience as one's own

my uncle has a sizable collection of black powder rifles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• possess
• own
• retain
• enjoy
• hold
• keep
• carry
• command
• rejoice in
• withhold
• reserve
• boast
• bear
• sport
• show off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• want
• lack
• abandon
• yield
• relinquish
• renounce
• need
• surrender
• require
• discard
• dump
• reject
• disclaim
• decline
• hand over
• cede
• disown
• repudiate
• spurn

2

as in to accept

to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly

we decided that I would have the job of calling the volunteers on the phone

she refused to have him as a husband

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accept
• take
• adopt
• confirm
• tolerate
• okay
• welcome
• concede (to)
• yield (to)
• consent (to)
• warrant
• accede (to)
• endure
• stand
• submit (to)
• ratify
• give in (to)
• sustain
• assent (to)
• sanction
• OK
• succumb (to)
• bow (to)
• surrender (to)
• support
• swallow
• abide
• embrace
• acquiesce (to)
• stick out
• countenance
• stomach
• shoulder
• capitulate (to)
• brook
• bear
• sweat out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuse
• deny
• negative
• reject
• decline
• oppose
• disapprove
• object (to)
• resist
• dissent (to)
• withstand
• protest
• turn down
• disallow
• spurn
• veto
• fight
• combat
• contest
• hold off

3

as in to produce

to bring forth from the womb

her grandmother had 11 children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• produce
• deliver
• mother
• bear
• get
• generate
• give birth to
• birth
• drop
• reproduce
• breed
• spawn
• propagate
• multiply
• labor
• father
• sire
• beget
• kid
• kindle
• litter
• calve
• pup
• whelp
• kitten

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lose
• abort
• miscarry

4

as in to deceive

to cause to believe what is untrue

he'd been had —the painting was a fake, and he never saw the "art dealer" or his money again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceive
• trick
• fool
• kid
• have on
• tease
• juggle
• mislead
• catch
• take in
• delude
• burn
• sting
• sucker
• cheat
• suck in
• misguide
• dupe
• snow
• misinform
• string along
• bluff
• beguile
• buffalo
• hoodwink
• con
• fake out
• bamboozle
• gull
• snooker
• spoof
• cozen
• humbug
• hoax
• gaff
• stick
• hornswoggle
• gammon
• pull one's leg
• do a number on
• put on
• lead one up the garden path
• lead one down the garden path
• pull the wool over one's eyes
• shortchange
• defraud
• squeeze
• bleed
• skin
• swindle
• chisel
• diddle
• hustle
• fleece
• mulct
• rook
• euchre
• flimflam

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveal
• uncover
• expose
• tell
• undeceive
• disclose
• show up
• divulge
• debunk
• unmask
• unveil
• disabuse
• uncloak
• disillusion
• disenchant

5

as in to experience

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it

had a great time at the party

had three operations on her leg

Synonyms & Similar Words

• experience
• undergo
• endure
• see
• know
• feel
• suffer
• witness
• sustain
• taste
• receive
• encounter
• pass
• go through
• accept
• meet
• assimilate
• digest

6

as in to allow

to give permission for or to approve of

I will not have any more nonsense about a party in celebration of my retirement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• allow
• permit
• suffer
• tolerate
• admit
• stand for
• green-light
• okay
• agree (to)
• authorize
• concede
• license
• endure
• acquiesce
• consent (to)
• accede (to)
• OK
• grant
• commission
• warrant
• assent (to)
• support
• sanction
• licence
• vouchsafe
• accord
• countenance
• condone
• brook

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prohibit
• forbid
• refuse
• enjoin
• deny
• ban
• hinder
• veto
• impede
• reject
• obstruct
• revoke
• withhold
• suppress
• proscribe
• disapprove
• disallow
• keep
• check
• dislike
• censure
• deplore
• restrain
• curb
• repress
• interdict
• grudge
• frown (at or on)
• discountenance
• disfavor

7

as in to bribe

to influence someone with a bribe

an upstanding judge who could not be had at any price

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bribe
• buy
• get at
• provoke
• entice
• persuade
• seduce
• lure
• pay off
• tempt
• poison
• corrupt
• induce
• square
• motivate
• subvert
• spur
• grease the palm of
• stimulate
• oil the palm of
• demean
• degrade
• taint
• dishonor
• oil the hand of
• fix
• debase
• grease the hand of
• tamper (with)
• lead on
• defile
• prostitute
• warp
• bait
• deprave
• debauch
• beguile
• trap
• pervert
• abase
• allure
• flatter
• goad
• profane
• snare

8

as in to hold

to keep in one's mind or heart

I have never had an unkind thought for him

do you have an opinion?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hold
• retain
• cherish
• keep
• entertain
• maintain
• bear
• cultivate
• harbor
• carry
• remember
• hold on to
• nurse
• sustain
• preserve
• hang on to
• support
• foster
• nurture
• hug
• treasure
• stick (to)
• cling (to)
• cleave (to)
• fixate (on or upon)
• brood (about or over)
• obsess (about or over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forget
• ignore
• refuse
• deny
• drop
• disregard
• overlook
• neglect
• reject
• decline
• abandon
• give up
• repudiate
• quit
• scorn
• renounce
• discard
• forsake
• part (with)
• desert
• erase
• abjure
• disdain
• throw out
• expunge

have

2 of 4

noun

as in money

a wealthy person

a society that discriminates between the haves and the have-nots

Synonyms & Similar Words

• money
• capitalist
• deep pocket
• silk stocking
• heir
• magnate
• moneybags
• billionaire
• fat cat
• tycoon
• heiress
• Croesus
• plutocrat
• millionaire
• moneymaker
• multimillionaire
• nabob
• money-spinner
• gazillionaire
• zillionaire
• jeunesse dorée
• multimillionairess
• multibillionaire
• jet-setter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• have-not
• bankrupt
• beggar
• pauper

have (to)

3 of 4

verb (2)

as in to must

to be under necessity or obligation to

I have to take out the trash before we can leave

has to take medicine for her heart

Synonyms & Similar Words

• must
• should
• shall
• ought (to)
• will
• need

had

4 of 4

verb (3)

past tense of have

1

as in owned

to keep, control, or experience as one's own

my uncle has a sizable collection of black powder rifles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• owned
• possessed
• retained
• enjoyed
• held
• kept
• commanded
• carried
• reserved
• rejoiced in
• withheld
• bore
• boasted
• sported
• showed off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wanted
• lacked
• yielded
• abandoned
• surrendered
• relinquished
• renounced
• ceded
• needed
• dumped
• discarded
• required
• handed over
• rejected
• declined
• disclaimed
• disowned
• repudiated
• spurned

2

as in accepted

to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly

we decided that I would have the job of calling the volunteers on the phone

she refused to have him as a husband

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accepted
• took
• adopted
• confirmed
• welcomed
• ratified
• sanctioned
• tolerated
• stood
• conceded (to)
• submitted (to)
• swallowed
• okayed
• endured
• consented (to)
• yielded (to)
• acceded (to)
• sustained
• succumbed (to)
• assented (to)
• warranted
• surrendered (to)
• gave in (to)
• bowed (to)
• embraced
• bore
• countenanced
• supported
• acquiesced (to)
• capitulated (to)
• shouldered
• brooked
• stuck out
• stomached
• abided
• sweated out
• abode
• sweat out
• OK'd

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refused
• denied
• rejected
• declined
• vetoed
• disallowed
• opposed
• disapproved
• turned down
• protested
• resisted
• spurned
• objected (to)
• withstood
• dissented (to)
• fought
• negatived
• contested
• held off
• combated
• combatted

3

as in produced

to bring forth from the womb

her grandmother had 11 children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• produced
• delivered
• bore
• mothered
• got
• dropped
• birthed
• generated
• gave birth to
• reproduced
• spawned
• bred
• labored
• propagated
• fathered
• multiplied
• sired
• begat
• kindled
• begot
• littered
• kidded
• calved
• whelped
• pupped
• kittened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost
• aborted
• miscarried

4

as in deceived

to cause to believe what is untrue

he'd been had —the painting was a fake, and he never saw the "art dealer" or his money again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceived
• tricked
• fooled
• kidded
• teased
• burnt
• juggled
• misled
• caught
• had on
• cheated
• conned
• stung
• burned
• duped
• suckered
• hoodwinked
• sucked in
• strung along
• snookered
• snowed
• bluffed
• gulled
• humbugged
• misinformed
• cozened
• beguiled
• hornswoggled
• bamboozled
• hoaxed
• buffaloed
• deluded
• spoofed
• took in
• misguided
• gaffed
• faked out
• gammoned
• did a number on
• stuck
• pulled one's leg
• hustled
• bled
• put on
• led one up the garden path
• pulled the wool over one's eyes
• led one down the garden path
• squeezed
• swindled
• defrauded
• diddled
• rooked
• shortchanged
• mulcted
• fleeced
• chiselled
• chiseled
• skinned
• euchred
• flimflammed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• revealed
• exposed
• uncovered
• told
• undeceived
• disclosed
• showed up
• divulged
• unmasked
• debunked
• unveiled
• disabused
• disillusioned
• uncloaked
• disenchanted

5

as in experienced

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it

had a great time at the party

had three operations on her leg

Synonyms & Similar Words

• experienced
• saw
• underwent
• knew
• felt
• endured
• witnessed
• suffered
• received
• sustained
• encountered
• tasted
• passed
• met
• went through
• accepted
• digested
• assimilated

6

as in allowed

to give permission for or to approve of

I will not have any more nonsense about a party in celebration of my retirement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• allowed
• permitted
• suffered
• tolerated
• admitted
• stood for
• green-lighted
• authorized
• commissioned
• conceded
• acquiesced
• licensed
• agreed (to)
• okayed
• granted
• vouchsafed
• endured
• consented (to)
• sanctioned
• acceded (to)
• accorded
• assented (to)
• supported
• licenced
• countenanced
• warranted
• condoned
• brooked
• OK'd

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prohibited
• forbade
• vetoed
• refused
• enjoined
• banned
• denied
• proscribed
• hindered
• impeded
• rejected
• obstructed
• withheld
• suppressed
• revoked
• disallowed
• disapproved
• kept
• checked
• forbad
• censured
• disliked
• deplored
• frowned (at or on)
• restrained
• curbed
• interdicted
• repressed
• grudged
• discountenanced
• disfavored

7

as in bribed

to influence someone with a bribe

an upstanding judge who could not be had at any price

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bribed
• bought
• enticed
• provoked
• lured
• persuaded
• seduced
• tempted
• poisoned
• got at
• paid off
• corrupted
• squared
• induced
• spurred
• motivated
• greased the palm of
• subverted
• tainted
• dishonored
• stimulated
• oiled the palm of
• fixed
• degraded
• baited
• demeaned
• trapped
• oiled the hand of
• tampered (with)
• prostituted
• greased the hand of
• defiled
• led on
• warped
• debased
• allured
• debauched
• profaned
• beguiled
• perverted
• goaded
• abased
• depraved
• flattered
• snared

8

as in held

to keep in one's mind or heart

I have never had an unkind thought for him

do you have an opinion?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• held
• retained
• harbored
• cultivated
• kept
• cherished
• maintained
• remembered
• entertained
• bore
• carried
• nursed
• sustained
• hugged
• fostered
• held on to
• preserved
• nurtured
• supported
• hung on to
• treasured
• stuck (to)
• clung (to)
• cleaved (to)
• fixated (on or upon)
• obsessed (about or over)
• brooded (about or over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• refused
• dropped
• denied
• forgot
• neglected
• disregarded
• overlooked
• rejected
• declined
• repudiated
• abandoned
• scorned
• discarded
• deserted
• quit
• renounced
• gave up
• disdained
• parted (with)
• abjured
• erased
• quitted
• forsook
• threw out
• expunged

Phrases Containing have

• have (to)
• have a go at
• have a soft spot for
• have one's eye on
• have done (with)
• what have you
• have sex
• have on
• have to do with
• have at
• have it in for
• have a grip on
• have a fit
• have done with