Synonyms of provisions

provisions 1 of 2

noun

plural of provision

as in food

substances intended to be eaten

gave them ample provisions so they would not get hungry on the trip

Synonyms & Similar Words

• food
• bread
• eats
• fare
• foodstuffs
• meat
• table
• supplies
• meal
• victuals
• refreshments
• eatables
• provender
• edibles
• viands
• grub
• rations
• chuck
• vittles
• chow
• comestibles
• dish
• tucker
• diet
• plate
• commissary
• feed
• nourishment
• sustenance
• nutriment
• board
• fodder
• forage
• nurture
• silage
• serving
• ensilage
• repast
• pap
• feast
• aliment
• mess
• natural food
• platter
• swill
• spread
• finger food
• slop
• regale

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poison
• toxin
• venom
• bane

provisions

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of provision

1

as in equips

to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity

the climbers were sufficiently provisioned to withstand just about any mountaineering emergency

Synonyms & Similar Words

• equips
• supplies
• furnishes
• outfits
• rigs
• kits (up or out)
• fits (out)
• prepares
• portions
• accoutres
• arms
• girds
• presents
• stores
• stocks
• deals (out)
• hands out
• contributes
• dispenses
• parcels (out)
• doles out
• prorates
• fortifies
• apportions
• bestows
• distributes
• donates
• allots
• allocates
• metes (out)
• assigns
• gives
• reequips
• refits
• refurnishes
• reoutfits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deprives
• strips
• divests
• dispossesses

2

as in boards

to provide food or meals for

it was the quartermaster's job to properly equip and provision the troops

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boards
• feeds
• caters
• sustains
• serves
• victuals
• waits
• fills
• nurtures
• messes
• feasts
• banquets
• nourishes
• surfeits
• overfeeds
• fattens
• hand-feeds
• battens
• dines
• reprovisions
• regales
• underfeeds
• force-feeds
• spoon-feeds
• refeeds

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of provisions

Noun

The Senate Finance Committee narrowed those provisions ahead of its markup. — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Presented with the amendment’s provisions together, voters favored it 47% to 40%. — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2026

In 2008 Congress passed an expansion of FISA that included what would become the highly controversial Section 702 provisions. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026

Schools moving between conferences could be forced to play five years as independents — unless a 180-day escape window passes, among the current provisions in the bill. — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Maryland has passed some of the strictest data privacy provisions in the country. — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026

Instead, the bill allows studios to take advantage of improved refundability provisions. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026

The oversight provisions include the Royals providing annual reports to the city. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026

Some provisions may also have additional requirements or be subject to court review. — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026

Verb

For example, the female carpenter bee provisions her nest with nectar and pollen, lays the eggs, and then the eggs hatch in late summer to fall. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025

Inside, the wasp provisions its offspring with paralyzed spiders or insects. — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025