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

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

People don't want to go around changing their Clocks anymore and, besides, far and away, most people like having an hour of extra sunlight in the evening, rather than in the morning. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

The Liberty had a rough regular season in the WNBA, falling to eighth place despite having several women’s basketball headliners on the roster. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

Positions such as not defunding the police, having a strong border and going after drug dealers are believed to be a winning formula to winning the House and Senate. — Colleen Kujawa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

An employee may be at will while still having legal protections that apply to the reason for a firing or the terms under which employment can end. — William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

But investigators interviewed Ellaboudy’s supervisor, who reported having no knowledge of any international travel or of an Energy Department missile inspection program that Ellaboudy would have been assigned to, an FBI affidavit said. — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Data isn’t the plural of anecdote, but the developing literature points to cameras generally, and ALPRs specifically, having some crime-reducing benefit. — Rafael A. Mangual, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

On a longer flight, having some additional neck support can make a significant difference. — Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026

The big difference is space, with the standard room having a footprint of 350 square feet, whereas the suite has an additional 500 square feet to spread out. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026