Synonyms of have

have 1 of 4

verb (1)

ˈhav 

1

as in to possess

to keep, control, or experience as one's own

my uncle has a sizable collection of black powder rifles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• possess
• own
• retain
• enjoy
• hold
• keep
• carry
• command
• rejoice in
• withhold
• reserve
• boast
• bear
• sport
• show off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• want
• lack
• abandon
• yield
• relinquish
• renounce
• need
• surrender
• require
• discard
• dump
• reject
• disclaim
• decline
• hand over
• cede
• disown
• repudiate
• spurn

2

as in to accept

to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly

we decided that I would have the job of calling the volunteers on the phone

she refused to have him as a husband

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accept
• take
• adopt
• confirm
• tolerate
• okay
• welcome
• concede (to)
• yield (to)
• consent (to)
• warrant
• accede (to)
• endure
• stand
• submit (to)
• ratify
• give in (to)
• sustain
• assent (to)
• sanction
• OK
• succumb (to)
• bow (to)
• surrender (to)
• support
• swallow
• abide
• embrace
• acquiesce (to)
• stick out
• countenance
• stomach
• shoulder
• capitulate (to)
• brook
• bear
• sweat out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuse
• deny
• negative
• reject
• decline
• oppose
• disapprove
• object (to)
• resist
• dissent (to)
• withstand
• protest
• turn down
• disallow
• spurn
• veto
• fight
• combat
• contest
• hold off

3

as in to produce

to bring forth from the womb

her grandmother had 11 children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• produce
• deliver
• mother
• bear
• get
• generate
• give birth to
• birth
• drop
• reproduce
• breed
• spawn
• propagate
• multiply
• labor
• father
• sire
• beget
• kid
• kindle
• litter
• calve
• pup
• whelp
• kitten

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lose
• abort
• miscarry

4

as in to deceive

to cause to believe what is untrue

he'd been had —the painting was a fake, and he never saw the "art dealer" or his money again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceive
• trick
• fool
• kid
• have on
• tease
• juggle
• mislead
• catch
• take in
• delude
• burn
• sting
• sucker
• cheat
• suck in
• misguide
• dupe
• snow
• misinform
• string along
• bluff
• beguile
• buffalo
• hoodwink
• con
• fake out
• bamboozle
• gull
• snooker
• spoof
• cozen
• humbug
• hoax
• gaff
• stick
• hornswoggle
• gammon
• pull one's leg
• do a number on
• put on
• lead one up the garden path
• lead one down the garden path
• pull the wool over one's eyes
• shortchange
• defraud
• squeeze
• bleed
• skin
• swindle
• chisel
• diddle
• hustle
• fleece
• mulct
• rook
• euchre
• flimflam

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveal
• uncover
• expose
• tell
• undeceive
• disclose
• show up
• divulge
• debunk
• unmask
• unveil
• disabuse
• uncloak
• disillusion
• disenchant

5

as in to experience

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it

had a great time at the party

had three operations on her leg

Synonyms & Similar Words

• experience
• undergo
• endure
• see
• know
• feel
• suffer
• witness
• sustain
• taste
• receive
• encounter
• pass
• go through
• accept
• meet
• assimilate
• digest

6

as in to allow

to give permission for or to approve of

I will not have any more nonsense about a party in celebration of my retirement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• allow
• permit
• suffer
• tolerate
• admit
• stand for
• green-light
• okay
• agree (to)
• authorize
• concede
• license
• endure
• acquiesce
• consent (to)
• accede (to)
• OK
• grant
• commission
• warrant
• assent (to)
• support
• sanction
• licence
• vouchsafe
• accord
• countenance
• condone
• brook

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prohibit
• forbid
• refuse
• enjoin
• deny
• ban
• hinder
• veto
• impede
• reject
• obstruct
• revoke
• withhold
• suppress
• proscribe
• disapprove
• disallow
• keep
• check
• dislike
• censure
• deplore
• restrain
• curb
• repress
• interdict
• grudge
• frown (at or on)
• discountenance
• disfavor

7

as in to bribe

to influence someone with a bribe

an upstanding judge who could not be had at any price

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

8

as in to hold

to keep in one's mind or heart

I have never had an unkind thought for him

do you have an opinion?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hold
• retain
• cherish
• keep
• entertain
• maintain
• bear
• cultivate
• harbor
• carry
• remember
• hold on to
• nurse
• sustain
• preserve
• hang on to
• support
• foster
• nurture
• hug
• treasure
• stick (to)
• cling (to)
• cleave (to)
• fixate (on or upon)
• brood (about or over)
• obsess (about or over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• forget
• ignore
• refuse
• deny
• drop
• disregard
• overlook
• neglect
• reject
• decline
• abandon
• give up
• repudiate
• quit
• scorn
• renounce
• discard
• forsake
• part (with)
• desert
• erase
• abjure
• disdain
• throw out
• expunge

have

2 of 4

noun

ˈhav 

as in money

a wealthy person

a society that discriminates between the haves and the have-nots

Synonyms & Similar Words

• money
• capitalist
• deep pocket
• silk stocking
• heir
• magnate
• moneybags
• billionaire
• fat cat
• tycoon
• heiress
• Croesus
• plutocrat
• millionaire
• moneymaker
• multimillionaire
• nabob
• money-spinner
• gazillionaire
• zillionaire
• jeunesse dorée
• multimillionairess
• multibillionaire
• jet-setter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• have-not
• bankrupt
• beggar
• pauper

have (to)

3 of 4

verb (2)

as in to must

to be under necessity or obligation to

I have to take out the trash before we can leave

has to take medicine for her heart

Synonyms & Similar Words

• must
• should
• shall
• ought (to)
• will
• need

had

4 of 4

verb (3)

past tense of have

1

as in owned

to keep, control, or experience as one's own

my uncle has a sizable collection of black powder rifles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• owned
• possessed
• retained
• enjoyed
• held
• kept
• commanded
• carried
• reserved
• rejoiced in
• withheld
• bore
• boasted
• sported
• showed off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wanted
• lacked
• yielded
• abandoned
• surrendered
• relinquished
• renounced
• ceded
• needed
• dumped
• discarded
• required
• handed over
• rejected
• declined
• disclaimed
• disowned
• repudiated
• spurned

2

as in accepted

to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly

we decided that I would have the job of calling the volunteers on the phone

she refused to have him as a husband

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accepted
• took
• adopted
• confirmed
• welcomed
• ratified
• sanctioned
• tolerated
• stood
• conceded (to)
• submitted (to)
• swallowed
• okayed
• endured
• consented (to)
• yielded (to)
• acceded (to)
• sustained
• succumbed (to)
• assented (to)
• warranted
• surrendered (to)
• gave in (to)
• bowed (to)
• embraced
• bore
• countenanced
• supported
• acquiesced (to)
• capitulated (to)
• shouldered
• brooked
• stuck out
• stomached
• abided
• sweated out
• abode
• sweat out
• OK'd

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refused
• denied
• rejected
• declined
• vetoed
• disallowed
• opposed
• disapproved
• turned down
• protested
• resisted
• spurned
• objected (to)
• withstood
• dissented (to)
• fought
• negatived
• contested
• held off
• combated
• combatted

3

as in produced

to bring forth from the womb

her grandmother had 11 children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• produced
• delivered
• bore
• mothered
• got
• dropped
• birthed
• generated
• gave birth to
• reproduced
• spawned
• bred
• labored
• propagated
• fathered
• multiplied
• sired
• begat
• kindled
• begot
• littered
• kidded
• calved
• whelped
• pupped
• kittened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost
• aborted
• miscarried

4

as in deceived

to cause to believe what is untrue

he'd been had —the painting was a fake, and he never saw the "art dealer" or his money again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceived
• tricked
• fooled
• kidded
• teased
• burnt
• juggled
• misled
• caught
• had on
• cheated
• conned
• stung
• burned
• duped
• suckered
• hoodwinked
• sucked in
• strung along
• snookered
• snowed
• bluffed
• gulled
• humbugged
• misinformed
• cozened
• beguiled
• hornswoggled
• bamboozled
• hoaxed
• buffaloed
• deluded
• spoofed
• took in
• misguided
• gaffed
• faked out
• gammoned
• did a number on
• stuck
• pulled one's leg
• hustled
• bled
• put on
• led one up the garden path
• pulled the wool over one's eyes
• led one down the garden path
• squeezed
• swindled
• defrauded
• diddled
• rooked
• shortchanged
• mulcted
• fleeced
• chiselled
• chiseled
• skinned
• euchred
• flimflammed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• revealed
• exposed
• uncovered
• told
• undeceived
• disclosed
• showed up
• divulged
• unmasked
• debunked
• unveiled
• disabused
• disillusioned
• uncloaked
• disenchanted

5

as in experienced

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it

had a great time at the party

had three operations on her leg

Synonyms & Similar Words

• experienced
• saw
• underwent
• knew
• felt
• endured
• witnessed
• suffered
• received
• sustained
• encountered
• tasted
• passed
• met
• went through
• accepted
• digested
• assimilated

6

as in allowed

to give permission for or to approve of

I will not have any more nonsense about a party in celebration of my retirement

Synonyms & Similar Words

• allowed
• permitted
• suffered
• tolerated
• admitted
• stood for
• green-lighted
• authorized
• commissioned
• conceded
• acquiesced
• licensed
• agreed (to)
• okayed
• granted
• vouchsafed
• endured
• consented (to)
• sanctioned
• acceded (to)
• accorded
• assented (to)
• supported
• licenced
• countenanced
• warranted
• condoned
• brooked
• OK'd

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prohibited
• forbade
• vetoed
• refused
• enjoined
• banned
• denied
• proscribed
• hindered
• impeded
• rejected
• obstructed
• withheld
• suppressed
• revoked
• disallowed
• disapproved
• kept
• checked
• forbad
• censured
• disliked
• deplored
• frowned (at or on)
• restrained
• curbed
• interdicted
• repressed
• grudged
• discountenanced
• disfavored

7

as in bribed

to influence someone with a bribe

an upstanding judge who could not be had at any price

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

8

as in held

to keep in one's mind or heart

I have never had an unkind thought for him

do you have an opinion?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• held
• retained
• harbored
• cultivated
• kept
• cherished
• maintained
• remembered
• entertained
• bore
• carried
• nursed
• sustained
• hugged
• fostered
• held on to
• preserved
• nurtured
• supported
• hung on to
• treasured
• stuck (to)
• clung (to)
• cleaved (to)
• fixated (on or upon)
• obsessed (about or over)
• brooded (about or over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• refused
• dropped
• denied
• forgot
• neglected
• disregarded
• overlooked
• rejected
• declined
• repudiated
• abandoned
• scorned
• discarded
• deserted
• quit
• renounced
• gave up
• disdained
• parted (with)
• abjured
• erased
• quitted
• forsook
• threw out
• expunged

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of have

Verb

And being thankful to still having a place in music. —Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025

For years, my mom and I had concerns that were unaddressed. —Ava Xiao-Lin Rigelhaupt, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025

Noun

Come to think of it, Lt. Governor Millie would probably waste a lot less money than some of our actual LG’s have. —Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025

His 2013 film Snowpiercer was another tale of haves and have-nots taken to fantastic, violent, and thrilling extremes. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025

Verb

Musk had a prominent seat in the House gallery near the First Lady, even as some Democratic lawmakers brought guests who were directly impacted by his DOGE initiatives, including fired federal workers and others who have felt the effects of a government funding freeze. —Nik Popli, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025

Rod Stewart and King Charles had a memorable interaction at The King's Foundation's 35th anniversary time capsule ceremony. —Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025

Phrases Containing have

• have (to)
• have a fit
• have a go at
• have a grip on
• have a soft spot for
• have at
• have done (with)
• have done with
• have it in for
• have on
• have one's eye on
• have sex
• have to do with
• what have you