Synonyms of having

having 1 of 2

noun

as in hands

Related Words

• hands
• possession
• control
• keeping
• acquisition
• gain

Dissimilar Words

• loss
• misplacement
• deprivation
• mislaying
• privation
• dispossession
• forfeit
• penalty
• forfeiture

having

2 of 2

verb

present participle of have

1

as in owning

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

my uncle has a sizable collection of black powder rifles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• owning
• possessing
• enjoying
• retaining
• holding
• keeping
• commanding
• carrying
• reserving
• rejoicing in
• withholding
• bearing
• boasting
• sporting
• showing off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wanting
• lacking
• abandoning
• yielding
• relinquishing
• renouncing
• dumping
• surrendering
• requiring
• ceding
• discarding
• needing
• handing over
• rejecting
• declining
• disclaiming
• disowning
• repudiating
• spurning

2

as in accepting

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

• accepting
• taking
• adopting
• confirming
• tolerating
• ratifying
• sanctioning
• warranting
• standing
• consenting (to)
• sustaining
• yielding (to)
• submitting (to)
• acceding (to)
• welcoming
• supporting
• swallowing
• conceding (to)
• assenting (to)
• enduring
• bowing (to)
• surrendering (to)
• giving in (to)
• succumbing (to)
• embracing
• countenancing
• shouldering
• capitulating (to)
• sticking out
• acquiescing (to)
• abiding
• stomaching
• OK'ing
• bearing
• brooking
• sweating out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• refusing
• rejecting
• declining
• opposing
• disallowing
• protesting
• disapproving
• dissenting (to)
• resisting
• objecting (to)
• fighting
• turning down
• withstanding
• vetoing
• spurning
• combating
• negativing
• contesting
• holding off

3

as in producing

to bring forth from the womb

her grandmother had 11 children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• producing
• delivering
• bearing
• getting
• mothering
• generating
• birthing
• dropping
• giving birth to
• reproducing
• breeding
• spawning
• laboring
• propagating
• multiplying
• siring
• fathering
• begetting
• kidding
• kindling
• littering
• calving
• whelping
• kittening
• pupping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• aborting
• miscarrying

4

as in tricking

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

• tricking
• deceiving
• fooling
• teasing
• kidding
• juggling
• catching
• deluding
• conning
• duping
• misleading
• burning
• stinging
• cheating
• suckering
• having on
• humbugging
• taking in
• hoodwinking
• gammoning
• gulling
• stringing along
• misinforming
• sucking in
• bamboozling
• snowing
• misguiding
• bluffing
• gaffing
• hoaxing
• snookering
• faking out
• spoofing
• buffaloing
• cozening
• beguiling
• hornswoggling
• sticking
• doing a number on
• pulling one's leg
• leading one down the garden path
• pulling the wool over one's eyes
• putting on
• defrauding
• shortchanging
• bleeding
• squeezing
• swindling
• hustling
• diddling
• fleecing
• rooking
• mulcting
• chiseling
• skinning
• flimflamming
• euchring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposing
• revealing
• uncovering
• disclosing
• telling
• showing up
• unmasking
• debunking
• divulging
• undeceiving
• unveiling
• disillusioning
• disabusing
• uncloaking
• disenchanting

5

as in experiencing

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

• experiencing
• undergoing
• seeing
• enduring
• knowing
• feeling
• suffering
• witnessing
• receiving
• sustaining
• passing
• going through
• tasting
• encountering
• meeting
• accepting
• digesting
• assimilating

6

as in allowing

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

• allowing
• permitting
• suffering
• tolerating
• admitting
• standing for
• green-lighting
• authorizing
• licensing
• commissioning
• granting
• agreeing (to)
• acquiescing
• conceding
• consenting (to)
• according
• warranting
• acceding (to)
• sanctioning
• supporting
• assenting (to)
• enduring
• condoning
• countenancing
• vouchsafing
• OK'ing
• brooking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prohibiting
• forbidding
• banning
• enjoining
• impeding
• denying
• hindering
• proscribing
• refusing
• vetoing
• obstructing
• rejecting
• suppressing
• revoking
• withholding
• disallowing
• keeping
• disapproving
• checking
• censuring
• disliking
• restraining
• deploring
• curbing
• frowning (at or on)
• interdicting
• repressing
• grudging
• discountenancing
• disfavoring

7

as in bribing

to influence someone with a bribe

an upstanding judge who could not be had at any price

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

8

as in holding

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

• holding
• retaining
• harboring
• keeping
• maintaining
• cultivating
• bearing
• carrying
• entertaining
• cherishing
• remembering
• holding on to
• nursing
• sustaining
• supporting
• preserving
• fostering
• hugging
• hanging on to
• nurturing
• sticking (to)
• clinging (to)
• treasuring
• cleaving (to)
• brooding (about or over)
• fixating (on or upon)
• obsessing (about or over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• forgetting
• neglecting
• denying
• dropping
• refusing
• disregarding
• overlooking
• declining
• rejecting
• abandoning
• repudiating
• discarding
• renouncing
• giving up
• deserting
• quitting
• forsaking
• parting (with)
• scorning
• disdaining
• throwing out
• abjuring
• erasing
• expunging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of having

Noun

Make something soft and face-having, and the human brain will happily anthropomorphize it. — Marisa McMillan, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025

Therefore, chemically, at some point in the past, whether on Earth or elsewhere, a metabolism-having, replicating organism emerged, creating an origin point for life. — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 16 Sep. 2025

Verb

Many students today recall the pandemic as a time filled by moments at home with family, going to school in their pajamas or having a break from some of the social pressures of school. — Stacey Gillett, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Nor to the notion of having a road named after him a century later. — Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Gotta hand it to Odysseus — having a bunch of soldiers hide inside a giant horse to infiltrate Troy worked out beautifully. — Whitney Friedlander, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Especially now, like being in it so long and having a different perspective. — Brayden Garcia july 17, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026

Dwayne Johnson was instrumental to the development of the live-action film and was a producer, but was there ever a conversation about having someone other than him to play Maui? — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 10 July 2026

People can carry the antibodies while not having any symptoms. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

Swift and Kelce opted against having traditional bridesmaids and groomsmen. — Morgan Evans, USA Today, 4 July 2026

But having an awareness of how to mitigate the impact of falls, and developing the mentality not to be scared of falling, can be crucial to making a deep run at the slipperiest Slam. — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 3 July 2026