Synonyms of borrows

borrows

verb

present tense third-person singular of borrow

as in adopts

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

• adopts
• embraces
• espouses
• assimilates
• follows
• cultivates
• utilizes
• incorporates
• uses
• imitates
• takes on
• appropriates
• takes up
• absorbs
• copies
• picks up on
• usurps
• cherishes
• quotes
• raises
• honors
• assumes
• simulates
• pretends
• affects
• treasures
• naturalizes
• arrogates
• domesticates
• fosters
• takes over
• nurtures
• heeds
• prizes
• brings up
• puts on
• rears

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abandons
• relinquishes
• forsakes
• surrenders
• gives up
• rejects
• disowns
• renounces
• abjures
• repudiates
• spurns
• discards
• throws out
• throws away
• abnegates
• jettisons
• junks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of borrows

The rooms With just 101 rooms and suites, The Beaumont Mayfair borrows its visual language from the grand European hotels of the 1920s. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Under this strategy, a person borrows a set amount from his or her 401(k) account and slowly replenishes the account over time through payments deducted automatically from pay stubs. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

The state borrows billions of dollars annually by selling bonds to investors to finance municipal school construction, highway, bridge and rail repairs, construction work at public universities and other capital projects. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Bonds work similarly to loans, wherein someone — in the case of bonds, the government, a company or a municipality — borrows money. — Personal Finance, TheWeek, 30 Sep. 2026

While the Gel-Transcend FJ is intended primarily as an everyday lifestyle shoe, Asics didn’t skimp on the sneaker’s tooling, which borrows from 2019’s rugged Gel-FujiTrabuco trail shoe. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

Qubbat Duris borrows its name from a 13th-century monument near Baalbek, in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, where fragments of Roman limestone sarcophagi are layered atop eight granite columns from centuries prior. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Every growing company borrows against its own future orderliness. — Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

In July, the OIG warned that the state's high-speed rail project could run out of money as soon as December 2027 unless the state borrows billions to keep construction on schedule. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026