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

Sometimes layovers can be in different countries than your destination, or your flight could get rerouted for some reason, so having your back covered for every country is helpful. — Hayley Domin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026

Elaine Rossi, a part-time nanny for the Clancy family, said Lindsay Clancy told her about having postpartum issues. — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

Just look at the case reports of people injecting themselves with melanotan and then having their moles subsequently get darker or even developing melanoma. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

So having the pieces start to fall around her is devastating. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026

In the 1950s, the Soviet Union struggled after Stalin died without having a clear leader to replace him. — Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026

Both Ashbaugh and Beyer enjoy having structure but also leave room for unexpected discoveries. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

Try to wake up each day with the intention of having new experiences; that’s your only goal post for success and happiness this month. — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2026

The application defines that standard as either having a condition that will not improve or one that prevents someone from performing normal daily living tasks unassisted. — Ava Kelley, NBC news, 31 July 2026