Synonyms of lent

lent

verb

past tense of lend

as in loaned

to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned

I can lend you my copy of the textbook until the weekend

can you lend me five dollars?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loaned
• gave
• granted
• advanced
• furnished
• let
• leased
• rented

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• received
• borrowed
• took

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lent

Several are publicly out in an industry that has historically lent little opportunity or security to anyone openly embracing their identity on and offscreen. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026

The resumption of hostilities has lent fresh urgency to oil producers’ efforts to build new routes for transporting energy. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 16 July 2026

Tyson lent his name to the academy for $1 a year, has appeared at ceremonies for the school and given motivational speeches to students. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026

After striking up conversation about their individual side projects, Kern lent his app’s base server to an inexperienced Coffee. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026

Between multiple instances, Ma lent the couple $105,000 in all, a Los Angeles Police Department detective wrote in an affidavit supporting charges against Nguyen and her husband, Phuc Huynh. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Since then, the number of soldiers in the capital has ebbed and flowed as states have lent their own Guardsmen to the cause. — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

But Little House on the Prairie is hardly the only iconic piece of television Richards lent her acting chops to. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026

Weber believes the massive success of the GLP-1 drugs for diabetes and weight loss has lent an air of credibility to these injectable wellness peptides, even though those drugs underwent extensive human trials before coming to market. — Will Stone, NPR, 8 July 2026