1. (verb) receive, have
get something; come into possession of
Synonyms: let, take in, invite, get, find, deliver, take, own, meet, make, receive, throw, have, ingest, cause, encounter, give, induce, birth, hold, feature, stimulate, incur, have got, possess, pick up, experience, suffer, accept, sustain, consume, obtain, welcome, give birth, bear
2. (verb) receive, get, find, obtain, incur
receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Synonyms: pick up, make, mystify, experience, develop, draw, have, find oneself, become, sustain, receive, retrieve, scram, fuck off, prevail, amaze, stimulate, sire, drive, engender, hold, go, rule, fix, stick, pay back, regain, happen, suffer, feel, beat, set about, get down, get under one's skin, incur, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, stupefy, start, welcome, arrest, meet, witness, bring, bewilder, see, mother, chance, take, buzz off, catch, let, come up, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, invite, ascertain, get, generate, capture, find, baffle, produce, get hold, start out, pose, vex, aim, induce, find out, perplex, recover, bump, notice, gravel, begin, fetch, father, determine, commence, discover, encounter, arrive, set out, convey, acquire, come, line up, pay off, detect, bugger off, cause, take in, observe, nonplus
3. (verb) pick up, receive
register (perceptual input)
Synonyms: gain vigor, cop, take in, peck, call for, hear, invite, welcome, get, nail, collar, perk up, find, arrest, gather up, get word, have, meet, see, receive, collect, nab, encounter, incur, lift up, turn around, apprehend, get a line, uplift, obtain, find out, percolate, pick up, experience, elate, catch, learn, get wind, perk, discover, intoxicate
4. (verb) experience, receive, have, get
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
Synonyms: take, pick up, make, mystify, experience, develop, draw, have, hold, become, sustain, receive, scram, invite, consume, go, stimulate, sire, drive, engender, pay off, fix, pay back, stick, suffer, feel, beat, set about, get down, arrive, fuck off, incur, deliver, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, stupefy, start, set out, birth, live, welcome, arrest, meet, give, bring, bewilder, see, mother, induce, buzz off, catch, let, feature, obtain, beget, flummox, get, generate, capture, have got, find, amaze, go through, baffle, start out, pose, vex, give birth, aim, throw, perplex, gravel, begin, fetch, father, bear, get under one's skin, encounter, puzzle, know, produce, convey, own, acquire, come, accept, possess, bugger off, cause, ingest, take in, nonplus, commence
5. (verb) receive, take in, invite
express willingness to have in one's home or environs
Synonyms: earn, ask over, take in, put one over, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, welcome, get, befool, adopt, slang, imbibe, pull in, find, put on, put one across, take, have, suck, meet, view, tempt, pay for, make, call for, see, receive, ask round, gain, bid, ingest, realise, encounter, soak up, sop up, watch, clear, incur, gull, take up, cod, ask for, pick up, fool, experience, draw, bring in, overhear, catch, absorb, dupe, realize, consume, obtain, collect, ask in, suck in
6. (verb) receive
accept as true or valid
Synonyms: encounter, get, incur, find, invite, meet, welcome, obtain, have, pick up, take in, experience
7. (verb) welcome, receive
bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
Synonyms: encounter, get, incur, find, invite, meet, welcome, obtain, have, pick up, take in, experience, receive
8. (verb) receive
convert into sounds or pictures
Synonyms: encounter, get, incur, find, invite, meet, welcome, obtain, have, pick up, take in, experience
9. (verb) meet, encounter, receive
experience as a reaction
Synonyms: conform to, touch, take in, experience, invite, get, gather, fulfil, fulfill, adjoin, find, match, suffer, have, meet, chance, converge, fit, satisfy, receive, forgather, encounter, get together, happen, run into, cope with, fill, play, run across, incur, come across, pick up, assemble, contact, bump, take on, foregather, obtain, see, welcome
10. (verb) receive
have or give a reception
Synonyms: encounter, get, incur, find, invite, meet, welcome, obtain, have, pick up, take in, experience
11. (verb) get, receive
receive as a retribution or punishment
Synonyms: get, let, capture, stupefy, set about, baffle, stick, perplex, come, arrive, get under one's skin, bring, start out, acquire, mystify, invite, flummox, fix, beat, find, buzz off, arrest, take in, get down, take, have, nonplus, beget, start, meet, make, fetch, receive, dumbfound, become, father, grow, bugger off, cause, encounter, commence, welcome, contract, aim, induce, go, develop, amaze, stimulate, drive, incur, fuck off, begin, produce, gravel, suffer, pay back, bring forth, generate, convey, pick up, puzzle, experience, draw, bewilder, catch, sire, vex, mother, sustain, engender, scram, obtain, pay off, pose, set out
12. (verb) receive
partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
Synonyms: encounter, get, incur, find, invite, meet, welcome, obtain, have, pick up, take in, experience
13. (verb) receive
regard favorably or with disapproval
Synonyms: encounter, get, incur, find, invite, meet, welcome, obtain, have, pick up, take in, experience
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Synonyms and Antonyms of receive 
