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

Cook will be remembered for making the iPhone feel essential to everything from buying a coffee to listening to music, hitting the gym or paying a credit card bill. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026

And despite several headlines that consumers are buying fewer sneakers in lieu of dressier options, retailers are seeing growth in multiple segments of the men’s shoe market. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026

The winning bid for Shorty’s 2013 Deere 8235R tractor was $183,750, including a fee for buying online. — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Carrier expects about $2 billion in free cash flow this year and has been aggressively buying back stock. — Jenny Van Leeuwen Harrington, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

What’s new is how quickly the beverage industry is treating it as a category of its own, and how many consumers are buying in. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Aug. 2026

NielsenIQ data cited by Food and Wine shows 47% of on-premise visitors already engage in zebra striping, and 93% of consumers buying non-alcoholic beer, wine and spirits are also purchasing traditional alcoholic products. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026

However, before anything else, make sure that the child has some basic hand-eye coordination before buying a set. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026

Enterprises buying an appliance, an edge inference product or a private deployment from a systems integrator should ask which artifact ships inside it. — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026