Synonyms of offered

offered

verb

past tense of offer

1

as in gave

to put before another for acceptance or consideration

I offered my boss an alternative to the original plan, which would have required me to work overtime

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gave
• tendered
• proffered
• extended
• proposed
• submitted
• trotted out
• posed
• ran by
• volunteered
• held out
• gave in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• received
• accepted
• took
• approved
• authorized
• confirmed
• denied
• rejected
• warranted
• declined
• sanctioned
• refused
• ratified
• cleared
• accredited
• formalized
• finalized
• vetoed
• disallowed
• disapproved
• turned down
• spurned
• rebuffed
• withdrew
• rebutted
• ignored
• retracted
• approbated
• homologated
• disregarded
• neglected
• negatived
• overlooked
• OK'd

2

as in suggested

to set before the mind for consideration

offered the idea of a vacation at a beach resort in the Caribbean

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suggested
• proposed
• posed
• recommended
• voted
• proffered
• propounded
• put forward
• presented
• put forth
• advanced
• bounced
• nominated
• submitted
• tendered
• filed
• moved
• arranged
• planned
• plotted
• mapped
• shaped
• lodged
• calculated
• trotted out
• laid
• covered
• framed
• contrived
• charted

3

as in presented

to bring before the public in performance or exhibition

a summer theater offering a full schedule of musicals to the vacationing public

Synonyms & Similar Words

• presented
• gave
• carried
• staged
• performed
• mounted
• showed
• displayed
• exhibited
• unveiled
• exposed
• rendered
• came out with
• represented
• played
• enacted
• portrayed
• paraded
• tendered
• previewed
• extended
• acted
• proffered
• depicted
• showed off
• dramatized
• impersonated

4

as in sacrificed

to give up as an offering to a god

when fruits, flowers, or crops are offered, the offering is known as a bloodless sacrifice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sacrificed
• gave
• dedicated
• devoted
• immolated
• consecrated
• surrendered
• yielded
• handed over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of offered

The Rwanda project offered an opportunity to assess what this simple piece of infrastructure might be able to accomplish. — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026

For many of her fans, the practice court offered a chance to see her up close for free. — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

Yiannopoulos resigned from Breitbart amid the backlash and offered a rare apology but said the media distorted his comments. — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

CrowdStrike offered another example of AI becoming a tailwind rather than a threat. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026

Iran has already offered a glimpse of what this could mean in practice. — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026

The software offered to fix it, rendering a version with the left side lifted and overlaying the before and after so the subject could watch his own jawline move. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Glutathione was offered to firefighters during recent blazes that destroyed hundreds of buildings in and around Spokane, Washington. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

The Red Sox’s Sonny Gray offered up a middle-middle fastball in the fourth, and Devers sent it 412 feet over the center-field fence. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026