Synonyms of puts

puts

verb

present tense third-person singular of put

1

as in situates

to arrange something in a certain spot or position

you can put this box next to the bookshelf

Synonyms & Similar Words

• situates
• places
• locates
• lays
• positions
• disposes
• deposits
• sticks
• sets
• sets up
• deposes
• fixes
• establishes
• plants
• parks
• slaps
• moves
• carries
• rearranges
• emplaces
• plops
• shifts
• orients
• collects
• assembles
• claps
• locks
• plunks
• reorders
• plumps
• settles
• flops
• affixes
• ranks
• ensconces
• anchors
• lays out
• sets down
• plunks down
• lodges
• niches
• lines up
• wedges
• planks
• arrays
• berths
• queues

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• takes
• removes
• relocates
• replaces
• supersedes
• displaces
• banishes
• supplants
• dislodges

2

as in says

to convey in appropriate or telling terms

tried to think of a good way of putting the news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• says
• expresses
• articulates
• formulates
• states
• describes
• words
• clothes
• translates
• phrases
• implies
• summarizes
• suggests
• tells
• speaks
• discloses
• restates
• insinuates
• communicates
• couches
• hints
• intimates
• utters
• renders
• crafts
• paraphrases
• rephrases
• verbalizes
• frames
• talks
• vocalizes
• rewords
• writes up

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• calculates
• makes
• estimates
• figures
• supposes
• judges
• reckons
• calls
• guesses
• gauges
• places
• understands
• concludes
• infers
• gathers
• extrapolates
• deduces
• conjectures
• reasons

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• measures
• scales
• computes
• calibrates
• works out

4

as in imposes

to establish or apply as a charge or penalty

a proposal to put a special tax on luxuries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imposes
• charges
• assesses
• fines
• levies
• lays
• exacts
• penalizes
• compels
• inflicts
• extorts
• squeezes
• wrings
• forces
• taxes
• coerces
• wrests
• wreaks
• excises
• bleeds
• milks
• docks
• gouges
• shakes down
• reapplies
• sets
• relays
• skins
• mulcts
• reimposes
• fleeces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diminishes
• remits
• lessens
• ignores
• abates
• releases
• forgives
• disregards
• condones
• glosses (over)
• excuses
• pardons
• glozes (over)

5

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjusts
• adapts
• conforms
• tailors
• suits
• prepares
• fits
• customizes
• accommodates
• shapes
• edits
• transforms
• conditions
• modifies
• establishes
• matches
• acclimates
• doctors
• alters
• fashions
• readjusts
• converts
• bends
• acclimatizes
• equips
• corrects
• orients
• revises
• reclaims
• harmonizes
• familiarizes
• refocuses
• attunes
• reworks
• orientates
• settles
• models
• recycles
• regulates
• recasts
• tunes
• gears
• reinvents
• patterns
• readies
• roots
• acquaints
• hardens
• toughens
• inures
• squares
• rehearses
• readapts
• habituates
• trains
• accustoms
• makes over
• redesigns
• primes
• naturalizes
• remakes
• registers
• remodels
• refashions
• revamps
• seasons
• redoes
• rejiggers
• rigs
• redevelops
• refigures
• reengineers
• fiddles (with)
• fine-tunes
• phases
• habilitates
• refits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misadjusts

6

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bets
• offers
• plays
• lays
• wagers
• goes
• stakes
• gambles
• speculates
• bids
• ventures
• chances
• hazards
• endangers
• adventures
• jeopardizes
• imperils

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of puts

The latest Channel 12 opinion poll puts Eisenkot first with 23 seats, ahead of the Likud with 21, though other pollsters differ. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

View gallery - 7 images This tiny house takes the look of a traditional mountain lodge and puts it on wheels. — New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026

That alone puts Googlebooks at a deep disadvantage not only to MacBooks, but to Windows laptops, as well. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

Tsai, the Stanford professor, has conducted research on how emotion in American culture puts value on trying to always feel positive and minimizing negativity and sadness. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Week 8 brings us even closer to the College Football Playoffs, and each week puts another piece of the puzzle together. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Flip it over, and the sapphire caseback puts AP’s ultra-thin self-winding Calibre 5133 on display. — Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2026

In big cities, people like this tend to pay rent, which often puts them—to borrow some Marxist terminology—in an antagonistic relationship with the local petite bourgeoisie. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

As Hal puts it the next morning, the chilling effect is very effective. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026