Antonyms for afford
əˈfɔrd, əˈfoʊrdaf·ford

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.6 / 9 votes

1. afford

   Bear is the most general of these words; it is metaphorically to hold up or keep up a burden of care, pain, grief, annoyance, or the like, without sinking, lamenting, or repining. Allow and permit involve large concession of the will; put up with and tolerate imply decided aversion and reluctant withholding of opposition or interference; whispering is allowed by the school-teacher who does not forbid nor censure it; one puts up with the presence of a disagreeable visitor; a state tolerates a religion which it would be glad to suppress. To endure is to bear with strain and resistance, but with conscious power; endure conveys a fuller suggestion of contest and conquest than bear. One may choose to endure the pain of a surgical operation rather than take anesthetics; he permits the thing to come which he must brace himself to endure when it comes. To afford is to be equal to a pecuniary demand, i. e., to be able to bear it. To brook is quietly to put up with provocation or insult. Abide combines the senses of await and endure; as, I will abide the result. Compare ABIDE; SUPPORT.

   Antonyms:
   break, break down, despair, droop, fail, faint, fall, falter, give out, give up, sink, succumb, surrender, yield

   Synonyms:
   abide, allow, bear, bear up under, bear with, brook, endure, permit, put up with, submit to, suffer, support, sustain, tolerate, undergo

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.1 / 10 votes

1. afford

   Antonyms:
   withhold, deny, withdraw, retain, stint, grudge

   Synonyms:
   produce, supply, give, yield, grant, confer, bestow, impart, administer, extend

Matched Categories

1. • Spend
   • Supply

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.4 / 7 votes

1. affordverb

   be able to spare or give up

   "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"

   Synonyms:
   yield, open, give

2. yield, give, affordverb

   be the cause or source of

   "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"

   Synonyms:
   commit, chip in, dedicate, succumb, cave in, relent, impart, pass, pass on, move over, return, establish, reach, concede, have, give in, fall in, make, give, collapse, throw, gift, kick in, feed, break, ease up, apply, cede, grant, knuckle under, founder, devote, hold, buckle under, render, soften, present, sacrifice, yield, open, turn over, leave, give way, consecrate, generate, contribute, pay, hand, bear

3. affordverb

   have the financial means to do something or buy something

   "We can't afford to send our children to college"; "Can you afford this car?"

   Synonyms:
   yield, open, give

4. afford, open, giveverb

   afford access to

   "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"

   Synonyms:
   commit, chip in, dedicate, cave in, collapse, spread, impart, spread out, move over, return, establish, reach, present, have, fall in, make, pay, unfold, grant, throw, gift, kick in, feed, break, pass on, ease up, apply, give, open up, open, founder, devote, hold, pass, render, sacrifice, yield, turn over, leave, give way, consecrate, generate, contribute, hand

How to use afford in a sentence?

1. Thomas Perez:

   Regrettably here, it's become a partisan issue. Certain Republicans have said we can't afford to do this, this is really remarkable when you view this issue of paid leave through the global lens. The Republican Party is really out of step with conservative governments around the world.

2. Stephen Crabb:

   We can't afford to delay this decision any further, i am convinced a new runway at Heathrow will deliver the jobs, economic growth and new trade links our county needs going into the future.

3. Kim Thomas:

   My clients won't be able to afford me. I can't make a living. It's a vicious cycle.

4. Jamie Keys:

   People's lives have been damaged over nothing. People have lost careers. There's people whose credit is messed up, all kinds of damage has been done. People can't afford medicine. Yeah, we're happy it's over, but at what cost ? We're still let down either way.

5. Hunter Biden:

   This isn't a game. It's deadly serious. The United States can not afford to have a president who will abuse whatever power is available to President Donald Trump to get re-elected. The United States's what The United States's all about, and here's the kicker : The people around The President knew that what The President was doing was wrong -- profoundly wrong. So what did they try to do ? They tried to cover The United States up by hiding the evidence.

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