HAVING Synonyms: 335 Similar and Opposite Words

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as in hands

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verb

present participle of have

as in owning

to keep, control, or experience as one's own my uncle has a sizable collection of black powder rifles

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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

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as in producing

to bring forth from the womb her grandmother had 11 children

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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

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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

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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

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as in bribing

to influence someone with a bribe an upstanding judge who could not be had at any price

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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?

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Recent Examples of having

Noun

Hughes knows without the work of Jones, the rest of the defense and the sophomore goalkeeper tandem of Matthew Beal and Kyle Kelly, Barwiolek and the Vikings’ offense wouldn’t have the success its having. — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 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

Anyone who works with multiple monitors knows the pain of having cables cluttered chaotically around their desk. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026 The Moon’s opposition to Saturn asks for patience with the gap between having an idea and knowing how to carry it out. — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026 Six active cables currently cross through the contested Strait of Hormuz, linking the Middle East to Europe, Africa and Asia, with two more cables having segments under construction in the region. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026 When researchers tell stories about people who are victims of crimes—ranging from having an iPad stolen to being raped—such victims are seen as virtuous, more moral and more trustworthy than comparable people who have not been victimized. — Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026 But having two match points to beat her for the first time and to advance to the semifinals of the US Open for the first time—there was a lot on the line that obviously didn’t go my way. — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026 The unveiling event itself was marred when Musk tried to prove that its windows were shatterproof by having metal balls thrown at them - only to leave massive cracks in two of them. — Reuters, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026 Murphy had been in the hospital since having a stroke at his son's hockey game. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026 The Department of Labor lists the company as having between 250 – 499 employees. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for having

Noun

The skydivers — including Rutz — jumped from a plane and held each other’s hands Friday morning.

— Iris Kwok Follow Nov. 6, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
In the right hands, there’s a hell of a lot that can be done with two men, some first-rate banter, and a historical flashpoint that eerily resonates with our current need for a reckoning about American adventures abroad.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of hands

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Timberview will be the top seed in the playoffs, owning a 54-7 win over Midlothian Heritage, and can be the district champion alone if the Wolves win at Corsicana on Thursday.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026
Republicans in Tennessee and Arkansas have passed laws that would ban any one company from owning both a pharmacy and a PBM — thought the Arkansas measure has been held up in court.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of owning

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Along with accepting the honey donation, Saturday was also busy at the food bank because volunteers from Jewel-Osco were on hand to help with the holiday meal box program.

— David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
The company said the system subsequently improved the proof twice, with Lean accepting the final version as well.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of accepting

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Federal research funding supports jobs and businesses while producing discoveries and training the workforce on which private industry depends.

— Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Founded, in 1974, by the animator Tatsuo Shimamura, Shirogumi originally specialized in producing effects for television commercials, in addition to making films for special events and expositions.

— Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of producing

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In 2020, a group of political operatives working closely with Florida Power and Light sought to derail Rodríguez’s re-election campaign for the Senate by tricking voters into voting for an independent candidate with the same last name.

— Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
The top-performing red teamer on the original Arena was a lawyer from Melbourne who just happened to be good at tricking models into jumping their guardrails.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of tricking

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Residents reported experiencing the tremor in several cities, including Arcata, Garberville, McKinleyville and Whitethorn according to the USGS DYFI report.

— CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Attracting more out-of-state runners could mean more hotel stays, restaurant spending and visitors experiencing Charlotte beyond the racecourse.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of experiencing

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Anode-less designs address part of the manufacturing challenge by allowing lithium from the cathode to deposit onto a current collector during the first charge, forming the anode in place.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Center Joint Unified’s Measure E would cost property owners an average of about $55 annually for every $100,000 of assessed value, allowing the district to borrow up to $197 million.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of allowing

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Gill and Krukoff separately pushed their way into Indigenous communities, bribing or cajoling elders to forage vines and process toxic plant compounds known as curare.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Kao confessed to federal agents that his business model consisted of bribing public officials in exchange for government contracts, and that the research Navatek was providing to the government was often worthless.

— Molly Redden, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2026