Synonyms for apply
əˈplaɪap·p·ly

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1. apply

   Synonyms:
   adduce, use, employ, allot, dedicate, devote, exercise, apportion, direct, engage

   Antonyms:
   disuse, divorce, discard, supersede, alienate, remove, misapply, misdirect, divert, misappropriate, misemploy

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1. use, utilize, utilise, apply, employverb

   put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

   "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

   Synonyms:
   lend oneself, use, practice, give, hold, utilise, put on, employ, engage, hire, enforce, implement, expend, utilize, go for, habituate

2. apply, hold, go forverb

   be pertinent or relevant or applicable

   "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone"

   Synonyms:
   accommodate, practice, book, lend oneself, retain, hope, moderate, enforce, support, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, bind, deem, utilize, put on, arrest, guard, take, have, concord, employ, try for, check, make, take for, keep, defy, control, take to, harbor, utilise, go for, throw, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, hold up, curb, hold, use, have got, restrain, declare, withstand, agree, hold in, accept, halt, contain, obtain, maintain, confine, concur, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, implement, view as, fancy, consent, bear

3. applyverb

   ask (for something)

   "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"

   Synonyms:
   employ, use, go for, give, lend oneself, put on, implement, utilise, enforce, practice, hold, utilize

4. put on, applyverb

   apply to a surface

   "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"

   Synonyms:
   dupe, use, gull, gain, put one over, get into, enforce, slang, practice, hold, put one across, turn in, put on, utilize, befool, cod, give, assume, take in, wear, lend oneself, mount, employ, fool, implement, don, go for, utilise

5. lend oneself, applyverb

   be applicable to; as to an analysis

   "This theory lends itself well to our new data"

   Synonyms:
   employ, use, go for, give, lend oneself, put on, implement, utilise, enforce, practice, hold, utilize

6. give, applyverb

   give or convey physically

   "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"

   Synonyms:
   commit, chip in, dedicate, cave in, collapse, enforce, impart, pass on, lend oneself, move over, return, establish, utilize, put on, reach, present, have, employ, fall in, make, pay, go for, throw, gift, kick in, feed, break, ease up, give, grant, open, founder, devote, hold, pass, render, use, practice, sacrifice, yield, turn over, leave, give way, consecrate, utilise, generate, contribute, afford, implement, hand

7. practice, apply, useverb

   avail oneself to

   "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"

   Synonyms:
   use, rehearse, practise, enforce, give, drill, practice, hold, utilise, put on, employ, lend oneself, commit, implement, expend, utilize, go for, habituate, do, exercise

8. enforce, implement, applyverb

   ensure observance of laws and rules

   "Apply the rules to everyone";

   Synonyms:
   lend oneself, follow out, carry out, follow through, implement, employ, give, go through, hold, utilise, put on, follow up, use, impose, enforce, practice, put through, utilize, go for

9. applyverb

   refer (a word or name) to a person or thing

   "He applied this racial slur to me!"

   Synonyms:
   employ, use, go for, give, lend oneself, put on, implement, utilise, enforce, practice, hold, utilize

10. applyverb

    apply oneself to

    "Please apply yourself to your homework"

    Synonyms:
    employ, use, go for, give, lend oneself, put on, implement, utilise, enforce, practice, hold, utilize

Matched Categories

1. • Administer
   • Devote
   • Refer
   • Request

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1. appertaining

   relating to; concern

   Submitted by 12495704 on December 1, 2020  

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1. applyverb

   Synonyms:
   lay upon, put or place upon

2. applyverb

   Synonyms:
   appropriate, use, employ, exercise, ply, convert to use, put to use

3. applyverb

   Synonyms:
   disperse, execute, carry out, put in practice

4. applyverb

   Synonyms:
   devote, dedicate, addict, direct, engage, turn attentively, bend with diligence

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1. applyverb

   Synonyms:
   utilize, employ, practice

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1. List of paraphrases for "apply":

   applies, applicable, implement, applied, applying, enforce, application, implementation, implementing, ισχύουν, request, use, implemented, ask, impose

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How to use apply in a sentence?

1. Tel Aviv-based Maglan:

   They are working on research we expect to apply within a three-year time frame.

2. Larry Gatlin:

   While I agree with most of the positions held by the NRA, I have come to believe that, while background checks would not stop every madman with a gun, it is at the very least a step in the right direction toward trying to prevent the kind of tragedy we saw this week in Uvalde — in my beloved, weeping TEXAS, i'm Larry Gatlin, but the 2nd Amendment should not apply to everyone. It's that simple.

3. Omar Jadwat:

   Omar Jadwat law specifically allows individuals to apply for asylum whether or not they are at a port of entry. It is illegal to circumvent that by agency or presidential decree.

4. Walter Lohman:

   The arrest of Jimmy Lai was a big deal, clearly meant to chill media freedom and to show no one is above this new law. But charging Samuel Chu, an American citizen living in the U.S., even though, of course, he will never be tried is a bigger deal, it demonstrates an intention to apply the law exterritoriality and thereby force critics to self-censor.

5. John Jones/Icon:

   If states passed laws that say things like, and many of them are currently contemplating these, ‘ whatever the NCAA rules are in NIL, they do n’t apply in our state, ’ that creates an issue where you put schools and conferences, many of which involve multiple states, in an impossible position, i think John Jones/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images Adidas’s incumbent on us to come up with a proposal that works in the absence of that [ legislation ], but I do think it will be harder to apply John Jones/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images Adidas to all 50 states if states passed laws that put schools in positions where they have to make a call.