BIDS Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

bids 1 of 2

noun

plural of bid

as in attempts

an effort to do or accomplish something a dramatic film that is widely regarded as the comedian's last-ditch bid to be taken seriously as an actor

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bids

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bid

as in orders

to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority the servants were expected to do exactly as they were bidden

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as in invites

to request the presence or participation of as company president, I bid you all to come to our annual holiday party!

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Recent Examples of bids

Noun

Just weeks after Paramount and Ellison’s Skydance completed its merger, the company made its initial run for WBD, resulting in several bids and a formal sale process. — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 13 July 2026 Which could mean the SuperSonics’ return (and expansion overall) is put on hold until the Seahawks’ process concludes and investment groups potentially refocus around NBA bids instead. — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Others have teased possible runs, but have not officially confirmed bids to replace Platner. — Connor Greene, Time, 9 July 2026 The Giants' two best bids for a hit came in consecutive at-bats. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 The special is up for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) alongside bids for directing, production design, choreography, technical direction and camerawork, hairstyling and lighting design, among other categories. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 8 July 2026 Two insurgent right-wing politicians in Europe, both under financial scrutiny that has jeopardized their political prospects, launched career-deciding election bids Tuesday. — Joshua Yang, Washington Post, 7 July 2026 Fans can enter their bids on Fandiem through July 21 for a chance to win. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 1 July 2026 There were 40 bids on the Brunson jersey within the first hour of the auction opening, with a high bid of $110,000. — Brooks Peck, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Verb

Any business that bids for NBCUniversal after the Comcast split would do well to remember that. — Robert Niles, Oc Register, 7 July 2026 The Bear’s series finale (streaming on Hulu) bids a profoundly warm farewell, Shirley Li writes. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 Even so, Thomson told the committees that work will continue as the state bids out the project in four separate components. — Bryan P. Sears, Baltimore Sun, 3 June 2026 Pair that with agentic AI that reads real-time traffic, weather and context and then autonomously bids and serves the highest-value ad creative in milliseconds. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 There is competition for teams in each of those markets, but not necessarily bids, according to a source. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 Apr. 2026 Then, their leader holds up a hand and bids his charges halt. — Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 25 Feb. 2026 As Billboard proudly celebrates these internal promotions, the company also bids farewell to longtime editor in chief Hannah Karp. — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 20 Jan. 2026 On the title track, for instance, Wayuhi bids a catchy farewell to an ex-flame. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bids

Noun

The state has pushed back for years against AT&T’s attempts to cut copper landlines.

— Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Shaw, a conservative activist who is president of the Chino Valley Unified School District board, pointed out in an X post that voters had previously rejected four attempts to reshape the superintendent’s office.

— Lia Russell July 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of attempts

Verb

Families of the missing crew members wait for news as Pakistan’s prime minister orders full search efforts.

— Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
If Graf orders Robinson to proceed to trial, prosecutors must then prove beyond a reasonable doubt at a trial that the defendant is guilty of killing the 31-year-old Kirk.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 6 July 2026

Definition of orders

Verb

That runs counter to the state’s guidance, which instructs regional planning agencies to assess service by the total numbers of trains.

— Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
When a developer, for instance, instructs a coding agent to clone a popular new repository, the LLM hallucinates its correct location up to 85 percent of the time.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026

Definition of instructs

Noun

Does this mean those pop-goes-punk comp albums are coming back?

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
Except then there’s the chance of being FUNNELED, placed on the rails and headed for a very specific destination, instead of the OPEN-WORLD anything-goes of traditional D&D.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of goes

Verb

Knowing that a visitor asked three questions about security, spent time on your enterprise plan and then left without booking a demo tells you everything about what to do next.

— Suyash Karn, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
The film, directed by award-winning filmmaker Bao Nguyen, in part tells the story of how CEO Matt Mullenweg founded what became Automattic, a company rooted in the philosophy of open-source software.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 8 July 2026

Definition of tells

Verb

The sanctions bill has gone through several iterations but still commands a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 13 July 2026
The track commands not only the Billboard Hot 100, but also several of the tallies that help build the main songs roster in the nation.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026