Synonyms for lend
lɛndlend

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1. lendverb

   Antonyms:
   borrow

2. lendverb

   Antonyms:
   borrow

3. lendverb

   Antonyms:
   borrow

4. lendverb

   Antonyms:
   borrow

5. lendverb

   Antonyms:
   borrow

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.8 / 5 votes

1. lend

   Synonyms:
   advance, loan, grant, afford, present

   Antonyms:
   resume, retract, appropriate, retain, withhold, refuse

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1. lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bringverb

   bestow a quality on

   "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"

   Synonyms:
   supply, tot, land, get, tote up, bring in, bring, impart, pass on, add, lead, put up, take, sum, add up, conduce, fetch, channel, tot up, sum up, work, carry, give, make for, bestow, play, loan, append, institute, tally, convey, leave, conduct, confer, kick in, add together, chip in, contribute, total, summate, wreak, transmit

   Antonyms:
   borrow

2. lend, loanverb

   give temporarily; let have for a limited time

   "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money"

   Synonyms:
   add, bestow, loan, impart, contribute, bring

   Antonyms:
   borrow

3. lendverb

   have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to

   "This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"; "The current system lends itself to great abuse"

   Synonyms:
   add, bestow, loan, impart, contribute, bring

   Antonyms:
   borrow

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lendverb

   Synonyms:
   loan, accommodate with

2. lendverb

   Synonyms:
   give, grant, afford, furnish, bestow, confer, impart

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1. lendverb

   Synonyms:
   loan

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "lend":

   provide, give, borrow, pay, render

Suggested Resources

1. LEND

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How to use lend in a sentence?

1. Johann von Goethe:

   To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him, their own selves, their version of him.

2. Carla Hall -LRB- @carlaphall -RRB-:

   I want people to feel like they can take these recipes and make them their own because our pantries are limited and dependent on the pantry that you have, i think all of these recipes will lend themselves to substitutions.

3. Richard Branson:

   This country is going to go into recession. Two of the worst days ever - banks have been pounded means they are not going to lend money, we're going to go into recession.

4. Elizabeth Shermer:

   After it was discovered how poorly managed this thing was run – after one of the student lenders went bankrupt – they had this idea and noticed that it would actually be cheaper for the federal government to just lend directly to students and parents.

5. Zoe Richards:

   The results of this study lend support to oral histories and other archaeological work on Kosrae suggesting an earlier construction, occupation and use of Leluh, it also better supports Leluh's place in the region, not only as a rival to Nan Madol on Pohnpei, but also as a hub of political and economic activity throughout this part of the Pacific.