RENDERS Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

renders

verb

present tense third-person singular of render

as in relinquishes

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress a gentleman bandit who graciously asked his victims to render their wallets to his safe possession

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as in reproduces

to make an exact likeness of rendered Thomas Jefferson's signature for use on an array of gift items

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as in describes

to give a representation or account of in words the witness convincingly rendered her version of events in just a few words

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Recent Examples of renders The brutalist thump of drummer Moe Tucker renders the showmen in Led Zeppelin and the Who irrelevant. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026 Nor can Antigone, whose all-consuming identification with her cause renders her indifferent to other obligations, be adopted as a user-friendly hero. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 But its timing also renders it necessarily incomplete — a setup for a next chapter that, within the film’s 92 minutes, never quite comes. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026 Deadheading can translate to more new growth and more blooms, but deadheading too late in the season renders the shrub vulnerable to winter damage. — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 9 Sep. 2026 Compounded by the sudden passing of Lily’s grandfather—which renders her initial motivation to study Mandarin moot—these follies only deepen beneath a veil of complicated mourning. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026 One of the only qualms was the price tag, but a $1,200 markdown pretty much renders that moot. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026 The move renders the original indictment that had been the subject of grand jury issues legally obsolete — though the judge could still opt to dig into any alleged wrongdoing. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 The protagonist’s righteous mission leads him to some grim, intense situations, which Park renders with kinetic style, most notably in its iconic hammer sequence. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Could this be the anarchic mind that emerges when the ego relinquishes its hold?

— Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
If a player chooses not to negotiate with the Panthers, that player will be unable to sign elsewhere, unless Carolina relinquishes his rights by not offering him a tender.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Jan. 2026

Definition of relinquishes

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Once researchers can send participants home with a device that reliably reproduces sauna-like heat stress, the study pipeline gets longer, cheaper and larger.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
That may sound scary, but adding AI to a broken organization only reproduces the same problems in a faster, more bloated and more expensive form.

— Panos Siozos, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of reproduces

Verb

After five books that try to interpret Elizabeth Taylor, Waters simply surrenders to the vision.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, the Harford County Humane Society tells CBS News Baltimore there have been 140 owner surrenders through the county's animal control this summer, which is double last summer's total.

— Tara Lynch, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of surrenders

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Still, those details deserve more attention when a new site also copies campaign branding or asks for money.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
This rapid method copies the parasite’s genetic material until there’s enough to detect, rather than trying to grow the organism.

— Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of copies

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On TV, Absolom portrays Benny in season 2 of Apple TV+’s sci-fi series Silo, opposite Rebecca Ferguson, Common, and Harriet Walter.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
In Madden, Cage costars with Christian Bale, who portrays late Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis, in the film, which explores Madden’s NFL coaching career and the creation of the popular Madden NFL video games franchise.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of portrays

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Improved engine durability Deurloo said that the new engine delivers between four and eight percent more takeoff thrust than the current GTF model.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Huawei's latest SuperPoD computing architecture links far fewer processors than originally planned, and each chip still delivers roughly half the compute of Nvidia's.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026