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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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

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How to use lend in a sentence?

1. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne:

   Riches, like glory or heath, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them.

2. Aeron McQuillin:

   The next morning we all woke up to our phones blowing up with messages and Aeron McQuillin Facebook notifications from total strangers, showing their appreciation and gratitude for our random act of kindness, on behalf of bailey [ sic ], billy [ sic ] and Aeron McQuillin - thank you so much to everyone for the kind words and offers of gifts. We hope more people can learn from this situation and not be afraid to lend a helping hand to those in need.

3. 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.

4. Justice Antonin Scalia:

   It has turned into a childish spectacle, i don't want to be there to lend dignity to it.

5. Laura Jaworski:

   Every art form will lend you its eye and offer a new way to see.