Synonyms of rents

rents 1 of 2

noun

plural of rent

1

as in slits

a long deep cut

getting her skirt caught on a nail resulted in a four-inch rent that she couldn't possibly repair

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slits
• tears
• fractures
• scratches
• slashes
• injuries
• rips
• lacerations
• scores
• incisions
• gashes
• wounds
• scrapes
• abrasions
• cracks
• snags
• ruptures

2

as in gaps

an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)

peered through the rent in the old garden wall for a glimpse of her mysterious new neighbor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gaps
• holes
• crevices
• openings
• intervals
• cracks
• breaches
• discontinuities
• fissures
• breaks
• rifts
• voids
• interstices
• slits
• separations
• slots
• splits
• clefts
• hiatuses
• fractures
• crannies
• pores
• gulfs
• apertures
• cavities
• notches
• chinks
• interspaces
• orifices
• chasms
• ruptures
• severances
• gapes
• abysses

rents

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of rent

1

as in leases

to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment

we rented the apartment to a college student for $500 a month

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leases
• hires
• lets
• sublets
• charters
• subleases
• lodges
• engages
• rack-rents

2

as in hires

to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum

will need to rent a car while we're in Europe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hires
• leases
• charters
• engages
• sublets
• subleases
• orders
• books
• reserves
• arranges (for)
• contracts (for)
• checks out
• signs up (for)
• bespeaks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rents

Noun

Some cities are now seeing an uptick in vacancies as rents for these units approach market rates. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

That shortage pushes up rents on many existing units, Martin said. — Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Artists and musicians had flocked to dirt-cheap rents, populating the neighborhood with small clubs and cheap tickets. — Michael Calderone, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2026

The company had planned about 400 apartments, including more than 130 at below market-rate rents. — Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026

The company has evaluated markets based on demographics, prevailing rents, land costs, accessibility, nearby healthcare and retail, surrounding residential neighborhoods and existing competitive supply. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Of course, there are other normal course of business costs, such as rents on stores, payroll, taxes, and purchasing inventory, but they’re greatly reduced following ELG’s dramatic downsizing. — David Moin, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

Median rents in Manhattan reached an all-time high of $5,000 a month in July, according to the Real Deal Report, authored by Jonathan Miller, director of markets for Street Matrix. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

People with real money get declined, then assume homeownership is out of reach and keep renting in a market where rents are anything but forgiving. — Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Verb

Equinix, by contrast, rents out space in its facilities to customers of all shapes and sizes that can run servers on a variety of compute platforms, from Nvidia to AMD. — Isabel O'Brien,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

The state now rents those beds to ICE for $291 per detainee per day. — Ella Siegrist, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026

For example, letting a distant family member stay at a second home without formal documentation, or if someone owns one or more properties and rents them out, but the tenants don’t have documentation that the unit is their primary residence. — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Modern Apothecary now rents that space to local vendors or community members to host arts and crafts classes, botanical classes, poetry nights and other things. — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2026

Red Door Stay also rents four traditional cabins, some sleeping up to 16 guests. — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 9 Aug. 2026

Boat rentals are available at both Village Motorsports (which also rents snowmobiles in the winter) and Lake Pleasant Marine. — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026

For operators, marketers and investors, the answer determines whether a brand earns trust or simply rents attention for a season. — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

The only explanation the campaign provided about the jet’s activity was to say most of the flights in recent months have been handled through a third-party charter company that rents the plane out to travelers with Sarnecki’s permission. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026