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

Online claims suggest Team Norway distrusts American food after shipping 1,276 pounds of provisions for the World Cup. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

The bill restricts adversarial foreign nations from maintaining significant investments in agricultural land and property near military bases, among other provisions. — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026

Musk can’t sell for 366 days, and there are no early-release provisions at all. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 3 July 2026

Lawmakers have raised this issue over the years, but Congress has not made serious attempts to reform these provisions since the late 1990s’ unsuccessful efforts toward a patients’ bill of rights. — Miranda Yaver, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

The most unbearable clash was between the Declaration’s principle of equality and the Constitution’s provisions on slavery—the three-fifths clause, the fugitive-slave clause, and the slave-trade clause. — Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 July 2026

Essentially, what this did was to ban non-military supersonic flights through provisions that were so strict that there was no way to get around them. — David Szondy july 02, New Atlas, 2 July 2026

Similar to the labor enforcement provisions added after NAFTA, USMCA should include a rapid response system to investigate and address environmental violations. — Serge Dedina, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2026

On July 1, provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act took effect, which, among other things, will put new limits on student loans. — Jeffrey Selingo, Time, 2 July 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