SUPPLIES Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

supplies 1 of 2

noun

plural of supply

as in inventories

the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time the supply of parents willing to coach youth soccer seems to be shrinking

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verb

present tense third-person singular of supply

as in equips

to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity be sure to pack your own towels in case the hostel doesn't supply them

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as in provides

to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption the stable will supply safety helmets, but we need to bring our own riding boots

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Noun

Decodo, a web data company, tracked price changes in 2025 across products ranging from electronics to clothing and home improvement supplies. — Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 Relief supplies were unlikely to reach the islands for three to five days, according to Saturday updates from FEMA. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026 That said, things like food supplies, crew requirements, and maintenance are generally more limiting than fuel. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 QuickBooks maps standard business transactions to common IRS categories, including advertising and promotions, car and truck, contract labor, legal and professional services and supplies. — Dana Miranda, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026 Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains dangerous and constrained, prolonging uncertainty over oil supplies and fuel prices. — Cathy Bussewitz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2026 Exec produced by Sylvester Stallone and filmed in British Columbia, the show challenges ordinary people to survive alone in an unforgiving wilderness with no training, no supplies, and no contact with the outside world. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026 At a church in Pensacola where the United Cajun Navy was distributing supplies Sunday morning, a line of hundreds of cars stretched around the block. — Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 Through patience, stealth, and smart use of supplies for crafting, survival is achievable, but this isn’t a bug hunt with the Colonial Marines. — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Verb

Lam Research, which supplies equipment and services for the making of semiconductors, will also talk on Wednesday about how its business is doing. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Through Porsche Classic, the company supplies replacement parts, technical expertise and specialized services for vehicles that have long since disappeared from showroom floors. — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Broadcom supplies the hardware that frontier AI labs need to build their systems. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 Arora explained that this very motion supplies the mechanical energy needed to power its sensing. — New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026 Under extreme conditions, the system supplies nearly 800 kWh in 18 minutes to keep fleet downtime to a minimum. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026 Her results suggested that photosynthesis, the process that supplies the energy for Earth’s entire food web, can happen on planets orbiting these orange stars. — Natalie Wolchover, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Outside, the grounds include lawns, meadows, and a kitchen garden that supplies vegetables and cut flowers. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 The festival will also feature a donation drive for Denver’s BookGive, which supplies used books to schools, shelters and others who might not have regular access to free literature and nonfiction. — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplies

Noun

And inventories of used electric vehicles dropped too, with only 31 days of supply in May, 23% below the year before.

— John Paul Helveston, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
The group warned that even if refineries step up production of diesel into the year-end, inventories will likely remain strained until the second half of 2027.

— Gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

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Verb

That doesn’t just ease the minds of residents, the HOA president told the Herald, but equips them with data that could be used in potential litigation.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Acer equips this Googlebook with two top-firing speakers that bookend the keyboard.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of equips

Verb

The robot’s onboard visual feedback provides information about the objects and their positions during these interactions.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
The province contributes to Canada's equalization system, which provides federal funding to provinces with lower fiscal capacity.

— Sheena Rossiter, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of provides

Noun

Furthermore, using opioid abatement funds, the county has expanded youth and family support services, co-responder units and other harm-reduction services.

— Joshua Barocas, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Escobar and two other union leaders were suspended from their positions last year after Powell raised concerns about board members’ financial record keeping and use of funds.

— Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of funds

Verb

But a new federal political action committee gives him a way to start building beyond Pennsylvania.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2026
If benefits shrink or get taxed more aggressively down the road (which is a legitimate concern) having a tax-free income source gives you flexibility a pre-tax account simply can’t.

— Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of gives

Noun

Logan Henderson, Robert Gasser and Dustin May have impressive repertoires of their own.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
By separating skill acquisition from task specification, BeyondMimic provides a route toward humanoid robots that can learn large repertoires of human movement and recombine those skills to handle new situations without task-specific retraining.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of repertoires

Verb

The question no longer would be simply what provisions a union can persuade a school to accept, but what provisions an outside arbitration panel could compel it to accept.

— Mailee Smith, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
For example, the female carpenter bee provisions her nest with nectar and pollen, lays the eggs, and then the eggs hatch in late summer to fall.

— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025

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