Synonyms of bought

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adjective

as in store

made beforehand in large numbers

a bought dress that looked like a high-end designer item

Synonyms & Similar Words

• store
• store-bought
• ready-made
• off-the-shelf
• commercial
• off-the-rack
• mass-produced
• off-the-peg
• prefabricated
• ready-to-wear
• prefab
• hand-me-down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• custom
• customized
• tailored
• homemade
• handmade
• custom-made
• handcrafted
• bespoken
• bespoke
• tailor-made

buy

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verb (1)

1

as in to purchase

to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for

I really want to buy that new book, but I don't have enough money right now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• purchase
• take
• get
• obtain
• acquire
• win
• pick up
• cop
• procure
• pay (for)
• secure
• gain
• finance
• garner
• offer
• negotiate (about)
• deal (for)
• trade (for)
• exchange (for)
• bargain (with)
• bid
• spring (for)
• repurchase
• haggle (for)
• rebuy
• barter (for)
• palter (with)
• dicker (over)
• chaffer (with)
• horse-trade (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sell
• merchandise
• deal (in)
• market
• retail
• merchandize
• vend

2

as in to bribe

to influence someone with a bribe

there were rumors that the mobster had bought the judge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bribe
• have
• lure
• entice
• seduce
• persuade
• pay off
• get at
• poison
• tempt
• provoke
• corrupt
• square
• induce
• oil the palm of
• motivate
• subvert
• tamper (with)
• spur
• oil the hand of
• grease the palm of
• debase
• bait
• prostitute
• stimulate
• fix
• dishonor
• taint
• degrade
• lead on
• demean
• debauch
• trap
• defile
• goad
• deprave
• allure
• grease the hand of
• warp
• pervert
• abase
• beguile
• profane
• flatter
• snare

3

as in to believe

to regard as right or true

if you buy that story, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in

Synonyms & Similar Words

• believe
• take
• accept
• understand
• trust
• swallow
• credit
• set store on
• set store by
• account
• presume
• assume
• suppose
• deduce
• infer
• accredit
• conclude

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reject
• discredit
• doubt
• suspect
• disbelieve
• question
• distrust
• challenge
• dispute
• mistrust
• misdoubt

buy

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noun

as in steal

something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price

four cartons of ice cream for four dollars is a real buy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steal
• bargain
• deal
• gift
• pennyworth
• snip
• bonus
• clearance
• premium
• present
• closeout
• markdown
• giveaway
• windfall
• freebee
• cheapie
• freebie
• boon

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• overcharge
• soaking
• gouging
• markup
• luxury
• rip-off
• surcharge
• extravagance

bought

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verb (2)

past tense of buy

1

as in purchased

to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for

I really want to buy that new book, but I don't have enough money right now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• purchased
• took
• got
• copped
• obtained
• acquired
• won
• picked up
• procured
• paid (for)
• secured
• financed
• gained
• garnered
• offered
• sprung (for)
• dealt (for)
• sprang (for)
• negotiated (about)
• exchanged (for)
• traded (for)
• repurchased
• bartered (for)
• bargained (with)
• bid
• rebought
• bade
• haggled (for)
• dickered (over)
• paltered (with)
• chaffered (with)
• horse-traded (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sold
• marketed
• dealt (in)
• retailed
• merchandised
• merchandized
• vended

2

as in bribed

to influence someone with a bribe

there were rumors that the mobster had bought the judge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bribed
• had
• lured
• enticed
• seduced
• persuaded
• tempted
• poisoned
• paid off
• provoked
• got at
• corrupted
• squared
• induced
• spurred
• tainted
• greased the palm of
• dishonored
• subverted
• motivated
• prostituted
• oiled the palm of
• degraded
• tampered (with)
• defiled
• oiled the hand of
• demeaned
• debauched
• greased the hand of
• baited
• stimulated
• debased
• warped
• allured
• trapped
• beguiled
• profaned
• perverted
• fixed
• led on
• goaded
• depraved
• abased
• flattered
• snared

3

as in believed

to regard as right or true

if you buy that story, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in

Synonyms & Similar Words

• believed
• took
• accepted
• understood
• swallowed
• trusted
• credited
• set store on
• set store by
• accounted
• assumed
• presumed
• supposed
• deduced
• concluded
• accredited
• inferred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejected
• suspected
• doubted
• discredited
• questioned
• distrusted
• challenged
• disbelieved
• disputed
• mistrusted
• misdoubted

Phrases Containing bought

• buy the farm
• buy it