Synonyms of borrow

borrow

verb

ˈbär-(ˌ)ō 

as in to adopt

to take for one's own use (something originated by another)

borrowed the basic plot from a book of tales, but put her personal stamp on the story

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adopt
• embrace
• take up
• cultivate
• use
• assimilate
• take on
• utilize
• follow
• copy
• imitate
• incorporate
• pick up on
• espouse
• absorb
• quote
• usurp
• appropriate
• treasure
• honor
• cherish
• raise
• heed
• take over
• domesticate
• prize
• pretend
• assume
• affect
• naturalize
• arrogate
• simulate
• foster
• nurture
• put on
• bring up
• rear

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abandon
• relinquish
• forsake
• give up
• surrender
• reject
• disown
• renounce
• repudiate
• abjure
• spurn
• discard
• throw away
• jettison
• throw out
• abnegate
• junk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of borrow

The federal government would almost certainly borrow money to fund the checks, Ditch said. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

This visualizer borrows the format of the DROID Dataset Visualizer — many thanks for making the source code openly available. — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2026

Apple attempts to solve this thermal problem by borrowing a technology from high-performance laptops (and the most recent iPad Pro), called vapor chamber cooling. — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

The sector includes some of the tech giants most sensitive to interest rates, because of the hundreds of billions being borrowed to build AI data centers. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026