Entry Word: have

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to keep, control, or experience as oneʼs own <Aunt Chloe has 31 pairs of red shoes>

Synonyms command, enjoy, hold, occupy, own, possess, retain

Related Words keep, reserve, withhold; bear, carry; boast, show off, sport

Near Antonyms abandon, cede, disclaim, disown, hand over, relinquish, renounce, surrender, yield; discard, dump; decline, reject, repudiate, spurn; need, require

Antonyms lack, want

2 to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly <I agreed to have the job of calling everybody on the phone> <asked her to marry him, but she would not have him> — see take 2
3 to bring forth from the womb <her grandmother had 11 children> — see bear 1
4 to cause to believe what is untrue <heʼd been had —the painting was a fake, and he never saw the “art dealer” or his money again> — see deceive
5 to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it <had a great time at the party> <had three operations on her leg> — see experience
6 to give permission for or to approve of <I will not have any more nonsense> — see allow 1
7 to influence someone with a bribe <the guard at the gate would not be had, no matter what anyone offered to pay him to let them join the celebrity gala> — see bribe
8 to keep in oneʼs mind or heart <I have never had an unkind thought for him> <do you have an opinion?> — see harbor 1