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have

The word “have” has 1 syllable: have

It's pronounced as /hæv/

What is synonym and antonym for have?

In the thesaurus, “have” has 228 synonyms and 95 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for have along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for have

Antonyms for have

Meanings of have

  • noun
    1. A wealthy or privileged person.
    2. One who has some (contextually specified) thing.
    3. A fraud or deception; something misleading.
  • verb
    1. To possess, own.
    2. To hold, as something at someone's disposal.
    3. Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.
    4. To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).
    5. To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.
    6. To experience, go through, undergo.
    7. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
    8. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.
    9. Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.).
    10. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
    11. To give birth to.
    12. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
    13. To accept as a romantic partner.
    14. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
    15. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
    16. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.).
    17. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
    18. To defeat in a fight; take.
    19. (obsolete outside Ireland) To be able to speak (a language).
    20. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
    21. To trick, to deceive.
    22. (often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
    23. (often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
    24. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
    25. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
    26. (of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
    27. To make an observation of (a bird species).

Example Sentences

  • I have two brothers and one sister.
  • Do you have any plans for the weekend?
  • They have already finished their homework.
  • We have to leave early to catch the train.
  • She doesn't have enough money to buy the ticket.

On this page you'll find 323 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to have, such as: abandon, abase, abide, abjure, abort, accept, accord.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • aberration
  • abstain
  • act
  • affect
  • allege
  • alteration
  • assume
  • avert
  • baffle
  • bamboozle
  • bash
  • be deceitful
  • be first
  • be hypocritical
  • beat
  • beguile
  • best
  • betray
  • better
  • bewilder
  • bleed
  • blow away
  • blow out of water
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • bulldoze
  • bunco
  • burn
  • bury
  • bypass
  • cap
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chisel
  • circumlocute
  • circumvent
  • claim
  • claim falsely
  • clobber
  • cold-shoulder
  • con
  • confuse
  • cook
  • counterfeit
  • cozen
  • cream
  • deceive
  • defeat
  • deflect
  • deflection
  • defraud
  • deke
  • delude
  • departure
  • desist
  • detour
  • deviation
  • diddle
  • digression
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • ditch
  • divergence
  • divert
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • dodge
  • double-cross
  • down
  • duck
  • dupe
  • eclipse
  • elude
  • end-run
  • escape
  • eschew
  • euchre
  • evade
  • exceed
  • excel
  • fake
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  • figure out
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  • fish
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  • flimflam
  • fool
  • fox
  • frame
  • fudge
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • give the slip
  • go beyond
  • go one better
  • gull
  • have
  • have on
  • hide
  • hoax
  • hold off
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • illude
  • impersonate
  • jazz
  • jive
  • juggle
  • juke
  • jump
  • keep clear
  • kid
  • lay claim
  • lay low
  • lead astray
  • lead on
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • leave behind
  • let on
  • lick
  • lie
  • make a fool of
  • make a monkey of
  • make believe
  • make out
  • malinger
  • masquerade
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • mulct
  • murphy
  • obviate
  • outclass
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfox
  • outgeneral
  • outguess
  • outgun
  • outjockey
  • outmaneuver
  • outrival
  • outshine
  • outsmart
  • outstrip
  • outthink
  • overreach
  • overrun
  • pass off
  • pass oneself off as
  • play a trick on
  • play games with
  • play-act
  • pretend
  • profess
  • psych out
  • pull a fast one
  • pull a fast one on
  • pump-fake
  • purport
  • put on
  • put one over on
  • put up a front
  • recoil
  • red herring
  • rook
  • run a game on
  • run circles around
  • run for cover
  • scam
  • set up
  • shake
  • shake and bake
  • shake off
  • sham
  • shirk
  • shoot ahead
  • shortchange
  • shrink from
  • shuck
  • shuffle off
  • shun
  • shut out
  • shy
  • sidestep
  • simulate
  • skin
  • skip
  • skip out on
  • skip town
  • skirt
  • slip
  • snooker
  • snow
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stay away
  • stay out
  • steer clear of
  • step aside
  • stick
  • sting
  • stonewall
  • string along
  • stutter-step
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • surpass
  • swindle
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • tease
  • top
  • total
  • transcend
  • trash
  • trick
  • trifle
  • turn aside
  • turning
  • variation
  • ward off
  • weave
  • whitewash
  • withdraw
  • worst

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