HAVING Synonyms: 335 Similar and Opposite Words

having 1 of 2

noun

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

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

Before Mexico-South Africa kicks off here in a few minutes, FIFA is marching in all 48 flags for the countries participating in the tournament and having the flag-bearers stand in a circle at midfield. —

Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 June 2026 The genre by definition requires re-enactments, and does the act of gathering a bunch actors and going to Tehran (or Morocco) give more credibility to the project than having a computer do it? —

Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026 However, many workplace wellbeing strategies depend heavily on employees finding, understanding and having the internal motivation to use available resources. —

Dilan Gomih, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Selig supports Kalshi’s main goal of having sports prediction markets governed by the federal agency rather than states. —

Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026 But during the commonwealth’s rebuttal case, his then-acting supervisor denied having plans to meet with Banfield that day and said his other managers were out of town. —

Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 5 June 2026 One thing, too, that Sara and I talked about early on was having the crew and the musicians eat lunch together every day. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 4 June 2026 Neighbors express concern over medication access In May, Darryl Smith told CBS News that his 76-year-old mother relies on medication from Walgreens after having a lung transplant. —

Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 4 June 2026 Well, now the high-energy art form is having a fresh moment. —

Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for having

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If that happens, remove the safety clip, hold the can with both hands, and prepare to spray when the bear is roughly 30 to 40 feet away.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
In one of them he was seen hanging from the edge of a rocky cliff using his bare hands, his legs dangling toward a steep slope in a risky performance without safety equipment.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 June 2026