PUTS Synonyms: 247 Similar and Opposite Words

puts

verb

Definition of puts next

present tense third-person singular of put

as in situates

to arrange something in a certain spot or position you can put this box next to the bookshelf

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Relevance

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as in says

to convey in appropriate or telling terms tried to think of a good way of putting the news

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as in calculates

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement put the time of the photograph at about noon

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as in imposes

to establish or apply as a charge or penalty a proposal to put a special tax on luxuries

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as in adjusts

to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation put the words of his patriotic poem to the tune of a well-known drinking song

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misadjusts

as in bets

to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event deciding to go for broke, he put $1000 on a horse that had 20 to 1 odds

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Recent Examples of puts Romano puts herself in the curious position of fighting a battle that has already been won on facts but not yet in legend. —

Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 Also, spin rate (how fast the ball spins after being released) is king, and that also puts tremendous strain on the elbow and shoulder. —

Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026 Situated in a major retail and fashion district in Barcelona, the office puts Hansae closer to its European customers, allowing for easy visits for in-person collaboration. —

Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 18 May 2026 Innovative Media puts digital works on a large lobby screen in collaboration with Amsterdam’s Nxt Museum. —

Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026 What kind of developer puts his money into an indie documentary that might give his business-as-usual peers — not to mention investors, luxury condo buyers and other beneficiaries of Miami’s prolonged but problematic and plainly inequitable real-estate boom — a conniption? —

Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026 Something that puts your future self on the hook to your present self. —

Melanie Subin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 Anthropic has billed itself as the AI company that puts safety and risk-mitigation at the forefront of its research. —

ABC News, 18 May 2026 And there’s a gallery on site gallery called Secret Gallery, which puts emphasis on indigenous artists and local artists. —

AFAR Media, 11 May 2026

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The installation situates Adams not simply as a participant in the Biennale ecosystem, but as an artist actively shaping its visual and ideological terrain.

— Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026
The Conservatory situates this story in forms of care—care for plants, for patients, for each other.

— Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 6 May 2026