Synonyms of buying

buying

verb

present participle of buy

1

as in purchasing

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

• purchasing
• taking
• getting
• obtaining
• acquiring
• procuring
• copping
• winning
• picking up
• securing
• financing
• gaining
• paying (for)
• garnering
• dealing (for)
• offering
• bargaining (with)
• springing (for)
• negotiating (about)
• exchanging (for)
• trading (for)
• repurchasing
• bidding
• haggling (for)
• rebuying
• bartering (for)
• dickering (over)
• paltering (with)
• chaffering (with)
• horse-trading (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• selling
• dealing (in)
• marketing
• vending
• merchandising
• retailing

2

as in bribing

to influence someone with a bribe

there were rumors that the mobster had bought the judge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bribing
• having
• seducing
• luring
• enticing
• persuading
• corrupting
• poisoning
• provoking
• getting at
• tempting
• squaring
• paying off
• inducing
• subverting
• debauching
• dishonoring
• motivating
• tainting
• tampering (with)
• spurring
• prostituting
• oiling the hand of
• debasing
• fixing
• defiling
• degrading
• warping
• depraving
• trapping
• baiting
• stimulating
• perverting
• demeaning
• greasing the hand of
• profaning
• abasing
• alluring
• goading
• leading on
• beguiling
• snaring
• flattering

3

as in believing

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

• believing
• taking
• accepting
• understanding
• trusting
• swallowing
• crediting
• accounting
• assuming
• setting store by
• presuming
• accrediting
• deducing
• supposing
• inferring
• concluding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejecting
• discrediting
• questioning
• disbelieving
• suspecting
• doubting
• distrusting
• mistrusting
• challenging
• disputing
• misdoubting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of buying

Technology analysts and traders are not buying the flood of warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence and the need to slow down development that have recently come from frontier model platforms. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026

The video was a hit on social media, where stories about sisters buying homes together have become popular. — Kelly Marie Coyne, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Its court filing in the Spirit bankruptcy proceedings describes a fast-moving data-buying operation. — Wen Shao, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

One recent analysis found that 82% of Gen Z consumers check an item’s resale value before buying. — Irakli Litanishvili, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

People are buying chore coats that actually look like they’ve been used for the namesake—the more beat-up the better. — Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 6 Sep. 2026

American motorists are buying $4 gas on Labor Day weekend for the first time in history, a fuel analyst reports. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

However, buying another computer will not make your accounts untouchable. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Darch started her railroad activism when Canadian National proposed buying the EJ&E in 2007. — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026