RENDER Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

render

verb

ˈren-dər

Definition of render

as in to relinquish

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress a gentleman bandit who graciously asked his victims to render their wallets to his safe possession

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as in to reproduce

to make an exact likeness of rendered Thomas Jefferson's signature for use on an array of gift items

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as in to describe

to give a representation or account of in words the witness convincingly rendered her version of events in just a few words

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Recent Examples of render Officers rendered aid to the suspect and paramedics took him to a local hospital. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Argon identified redundant emoji rendering that, when eliminated, dropped server load by 45 percent. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026 The Darien Fire Department, Darien Emergency Medical Services and the Department of Transportation responded to the scene to assist with rendering aid and traffic control. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Oct. 2026 Women tend to be victims rather than actors, but they are not rendered mute. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for render

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She was only forced to relinquish the title when she was drafted to the Raw brand.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Moon, meanwhile, is struggling at school but on the precipice of adulthood; as the young woman begins to make her own decisions in life, Yue must relinquish a degree of maternal responsibility.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of relinquish

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That leaves open the distinction between recreating the behavior of an Atari 800XL through modern software and reproducing the original hardware more directly.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
Beginning in the 1990s, researchers tested whether adding iron to seawater could reproduce some of that effect.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of reproduce

Verb

With a laser on board, a cargo-carrying vehicle can defend itself against drones during resupply runs, a role Rheinmetall has described as protection for autonomous logistics missions.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Warsh described the global shift toward tighter monetary policy as a common fight on prices.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of describe

Verb

Someone else copies them for free and undercuts their pricing before the training run has even paid back.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Over the past few years, a consistent complaint from Western developers and the White House has been that Chinese developers have copied their tech.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of copy

Verb

Rogers has increasingly portrayed El-Sayed as an extremist and a threat to Jewish voters as the Republican tries to win over a traditionally Democratic constituency.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Landon starred as the Ingalls family patriarch, Charles, Karen Grassle played his wife, Caroline, and Gilbert portrayed their daughter, Laura.

— Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of portray

Verb

Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a robotic arm that replicates aspects of human touch perception.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Others could imitate but never replicate; their coolness was predicated on their originality.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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