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 In the first slide, the movie star sat in a chair as Pita puts the finishing touches on her bangs with longer pieces on the sides. —

Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026 By removing the face as a theatre of psychology, Raphael puts an unusual pressure on the rest of the painting to communicate and produce feeling. —

Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 But as soon as one flagellar motor reverses direction and starts rotating clockwise, the bundle falls apart; the reverse-twirling filament unravels the braid and puts the cell’s flagellar motors at cross-purposes, kicking the cell around. —

Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026 The group puts in some light restoration and puts the bikes back out into circulation as quickly as possible. —

Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 The bar puts playful twists on classic cocktails, offering things like a tahini old fashioned ($20), complementing the cocktail’s gentle sweetness with a nutty note. —

Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026 The Norwegian had just scored the winning goal in his team’s 2-1 victory against title rival Arsenal, a result which puts the fate of the trophy in City’s hands with just five matches left to play. —

Ben Church, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026 Christine puts her hand to her mouth in shock and excitement. —

Francie Ebert, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026 Maher, who has personally tested various agentic solutions, puts his current success rate at only around 70 percent. —

Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026

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Each stamp is accompanied by contextual text that situates the object within the broader Revolutionary narrative.

— Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
The show boasts high production values, a vaporwave soundtrack that effectively situates it in the 2010s, and, conceptually, very little meat on the bone.

— Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026