Synonyms for borrow
ˈbɒr oʊ, ˈbɔr oʊbor·row

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.7 / 15 votes

1. borrowverb

   get temporarily

   "May I borrow your lawn mower?"

   Synonyms:
   adopt, take over, take up

   Antonyms:
   loan, lend

2. adopt, borrow, take over, take upverb

   take up and practice as one's own

   Synonyms:
   usurp, take in, suck up, seize on, resume, buy up, espouse, acquire, hook on, imbibe, suck in, lift out, sweep up, take, sorb, adopt, strike, assume, relieve, take over, scoop up, repeat, scoop, buy out, embrace, fasten on, arrogate, soak up, sop up, suck, follow, seize, start, dramatise, latch on, draw, accept, take on, absorb, dramatize, take up, scoop out, bear

   Antonyms:
   lend, loan

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. borrowverb

   Synonyms:
   ask the loan of, take or receive as a loan

2. borrowverb

   Synonyms:
   take, appropriate, adopt, make use of

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1. List of paraphrases for "borrow":

   borrowing, lend, loan

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How to use borrow in a sentence?

1. Betsy DeVos:

   We are not doing our children any favors when we borrow from their future in order to invest in systems and policies that are not yielding better results.

2. Charles Farrar Browne:

   Let us all be happy and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.

3. Pedro Pierluisi:

   Puerto Rico’s shameful treatment under Medicaid harms quality of life in the territory and has compelled the Puerto Rico government to over-borrow…to compensate.

4. Cao Ruizhe:

   We have to borrow money, what else can we do ? I'm so young. How can I give up my life ?

5. Beth Gamel:

   If you can start talking in those terms to someone looking to borrow, the borrower will see this as a business arrangement at extremely favorable rates.