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

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How to use lend in a sentence?

1. Hillary Clinton:

   If you are going to run for president, then represent all of the people of the United States, i wanted to come by to lend my voice to all yours and I wish you well in these efforts.

2. Machiavelli:

   Men are so simple, and yield so much to necessity, that he who will deceive may always find him that will lend himself to be deceived.

3. Andrew Knapp:

   Vague laws lend themselves to arbitrary enforcement, which can be used in a discriminatory way.

4. The National Security Strategy:

   As powerful as we are and will remain, our resources and influence are not infinite. And in a complex world, many of the security problems we face do not lend themselves to quick and easy fixes.

5. Sayuri Shirai:

   It doesn't make sense to deepen negative interest rates and hurt banks when you're actually trying to encourage them to lend more, it's a tool that is very hard to use at a time like now.