Synonyms of have

have 1 of 3

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 3

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 3

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of have

Verb

Summers has two siblings: a sister named Taylor and a brother named Will. —Jacqueline Weiss, People.com, 6 June 2025

Currently, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined. —Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025

Noun

Children arrive into a trammeling grid of haves and have-nots set up long before their birth, a net that individual struggles serve only to tighten. —Benjamin Kunkel, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025

Behind the scenes, the information divide between baseball's haves and have-nots looks even larger as the talent divide on the field. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 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