Synonyms for provide
prəˈvaɪdpro·vide

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1. provide

   Synonyms:
   prepare, arrange, procure, afford, supply, contribute, yield, cater, furnish, get, agree, produce, collect, stipulate

   Antonyms:
   misprovide, neglect, overlook, withhold, retain, appropriate, refuse, deny, alienate, divert, misemploy, mismanage

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1. supply, provide, render, furnishverb

   give something useful or necessary to

   "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

   Synonyms:
   put up, yield, deliver, picture, supply, append, show, furnish, hand over, add, turn in, interpret, translate, fork up, submit, fork out, give, offer, fork over, depict, generate, return, ply, bring home the bacon, try, leave, allow, render, issue, allow for, cater

2. provide, supply, ply, caterverb

   give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

   "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

   Synonyms:
   bring home the bacon, append, furnish, cater, ply, add, allow for, supply, offer, allow, render, leave, run, issue, put up

3. provideverb

   determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation

   "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech"

   Synonyms:
   bring home the bacon, furnish, cater, ply, allow for, supply, offer, allow, render, leave, put up

4. put up, provide, offerverb

   mount or put up

   "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"

   Synonyms:
   extend, supply, digest, pop the question, abide, bring home the bacon, tolerate, tender, put forward, offer up, support, volunteer, house, cater, tin, declare oneself, can, endure, put up, post, stick out, furnish, offer, bid, stomach, erect, allow, raise, render, nominate, brook, set up, allow for, leave, suffer, stand, rear, contribute, propose, domiciliate, ply, proffer, bear

5. leave, allow for, allow, provideverb

   make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

   "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"

   Synonyms:
   let, go out, earmark, tolerate, go away, impart, cater, pass on, allow, give, lead, go forth, result, furnish, admit, countenance, pull up stakes, offer, will, bequeath, reserve, put up, take into account, leave behind, give up, grant, leave alone, forget, set aside, get out, supply, render, depart, allow for, leave, appropriate, exit, bring home the bacon, entrust, permit, ply

6. provide, bring home the baconverb

   supply means of subsistence; earn a living

   "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon"

   Synonyms:
   bring home the bacon, succeed, furnish, cater, ply, come through, allow for, supply, offer, allow, render, deliver the goods, leave, win, put up

7. provideverb

   take measures in preparation for

   "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"

   Synonyms:
   bring home the bacon, furnish, cater, ply, allow for, supply, offer, allow, render, leave, put up

Matched Categories

1. • Engage
   • Give
   • Prepare
   • Stipulate

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1. provideverb

   Synonyms:
   prepare, procure, get ready, make ready

2. provideverb

   Synonyms:
   supply, furnish, stock

3. provideverb

   Synonyms:
   cater, furnish supplies

4. provideverb

   Synonyms:
   take measures, make provision

5. provideverb

   Synonyms:
   stipulate, bargain, contract, engage, agree, covenant

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1. provideverb

   Synonyms:
   supply, furnish, stipulate, covenant, agree, cater, purvey

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1. List of paraphrases for "provide":

   providing, offer, give, deliver, provision, provided, furnish, ensure, supply, provides, submit, facilitate, make, bring, lend, offering, communicate, delivering, supplying, render, grant, pay, produce, allow, create, constitute, contribute, giving, facilitating, offered, present, delivery, ge, contain, offers, establish, be, fournir, predict, extend, enable, indicate, equip, guarantee, include, obtain, assure, afford, available

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1. Hannah Karp:

   A lot of the artists that are selling their catalogs are getting to a point in their lives where they are planning their estates, sort of planning for the future and they are at a point in their lives where it makes sense to sell their music to provide for their families.

2. Jim Greer:

   We have always sought to provide a wide variety of content and programming that would be of interest to customers, and do not dictate or control programming on channels we carry, any suggestion otherwise is wrong.

3. Raja Zaatry:

   They provide cheap labor.

4. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   We held a consultation about the series of offensive and defensive measures that we will implement to act against the grave phenomenon of shootings. They certainly challenge us, but we will provide an answer.

5. Washington Governor Jay Inslee:

   We’re looking forward to seeing the cars on the road and understanding more about how self-driving cars might someday improve safety and provide traffic relief.