Synonyms for bid
bɪdbid

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bid

   To pray, in the religious sense, is devoutly to address the Supreme Being with reverent petition for divine grace or any favor or blessing, and in the fullest sense with thanksgiving and praise for the divine goodness and mercy; the once common use of the word to express any earnest request, as "I pray you to come in," is now rare, unless in writings molded on older literature, or in certain phrases, as "Pray sit down;" even in these "please" is more common; "I beg you" is also frequently used, as expressing a polite humility of request. Beseech and entreat express great earnestness of petition; implore and supplicate denote the utmost fervency and intensity, supplicate implying also humility. Compare ASK; PLEAD.

   Synonyms:
   ask, beg, beseech, call upon, conjure, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, petition, plead, pray, request, supplicate

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bid

   Synonyms:
   tell, request, instruct, direct, order, proffer, charge, command, propose, offer

   Antonyms:
   forbid, deter, prohibit, restrain

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. command, bid, bidding, dictationnoun

   an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

   Synonyms:
   play, bidding, statement, command, tender, control, program line, dictation, mastery, instruction, summons

2. bid, playnoun

   an attempt to get something

   "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention"

   Synonyms:
   turn, manoeuvre, fun, bidding, period of play, shimmer, play, maneuver, caper, dictation, romp, gambol, gaming, sport, tender, playing period, free rein, child's play, gambling, swordplay, command, dramatic play, looseness, frolic, drama

3. bid, tendernoun

   a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

   Synonyms:
   play, bidding, command, tender, supply ship, pinnace, attender, cutter, ship's boat, stamp, dictation, attendant, legal tender

4. bid, biddingverb

   (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

   Synonyms:
   tender, command, play, bidding, dictation, summons

5. offer, bid, tenderverb

   propose a payment

   "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"

   Synonyms:
   declare oneself, tenderize, put up, tender, pop the question, entreat, press, beseech, tenderise, conjure, offer up, propose, offer, extend, wish, call, proffer, adjure, provide, volunteer, invite

6. wish, bidverb

   invoke upon

   "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell"

   Synonyms:
   tender, wish well, wish, invite, like, care, entreat, conjure, beseech, offer, press, call, adjure

7. bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjureverb

   ask for or request earnestly

   "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

   Synonyms:
   fight, put forward, iron out, evoke, tender, invite, weigh, press, agitate, adjure, stir, call down, urge on, weight-lift, arouse, cabal, compress, urge, offer, call, press out, conjure up, beseech, contract, iron, complot, crusade, raise, squeeze, entreat, conspire, compact, call forth, invoke, exhort, bring up, push, wish, campaign, conjure, constrict, machinate, weightlift

8. bid, callverb

   make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands

   "He called his trump"

   Synonyms:
   wish, predict, forebode, tender, prognosticate, invite, promise, phone, yell, press, shout out, foretell, cry, adjure, call in, scream, holler, conjure, call up, call off, offer, call, entreat, send for, beseech, address, visit, shout, name, hollo, squall, ring, telephone, anticipate

9. bidverb

   make a serious effort to attain something

   "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"

   Synonyms:
   tender, wish, invite, beseech, entreat, conjure, press, offer, call, adjure

10. invite, bidverb

    ask someone in a friendly way to do something

    Synonyms:
    conjure, call for, entreat, ask for, press, beseech, ask round, tempt, ask over, ask in, invite, take in, tender, receive, wish, call, pay for, adjure, offer

Matched Categories

1. • Auction
   • Cards
   • Greet
   • Offer
   • Play
   • Request
   • Seek
   • Speech Act

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bidnoun

   Synonyms:
   offer (of a price), bidding, proposal

2. bidverb

   Synonyms:
   command, order, require, charge, enjoin, direct

3. bidverb

   Synonyms:
   offer, propose, proffer, tender

4. bidverb

   Synonyms:
   pronounce, declare, utter

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bidverb

   Synonyms:
   offer, proffer, order, direct, enjoin, command, invite, ask, wish, greet, salute

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "bid":

   submission, bidding, tender, candidature, idb, bids, attempt, candidacy, iadb, offer, tendering, tenders, submissions, offers, nomination, tendered, zayed, supply, referrals, application, submitting, solicitation, auction, isdb, quotation

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BID

   Synonyms:
   BH3 interacting domain death agonist, apoptic death agonist, p22 BID, BH3-interacting domain death agonist, FP497, BID isoform ES(1b), MGC15319, BID isoform L(2), MGC42355, BID isoform Si6, OTTHUMP00000196194, desmocollin type 4, OTTHUMP00000196195, Human BID coding sequence, OTTHUMP00000196197

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How to use bid in a sentence?

1. Martin Rapaport:

   Diamonds can be a good investment, but you have to be careful, you need to know the bid/ask spread, the price you can sell diamonds back on the same day.

2. Ian Lyngen:

   The Treasury market is off a little bit because European equities and domestic equities caught a stabilizing bid of some sort ahead of Yellen.

3. President Barack Obama:

   The last thing Americans should have to do, over the holidays or any day, is comfort the families of people killed by gun violence -- people who woke up in the morning and bid their loved ones goodbye with no idea it would for the last time, and yet, two days after Thanksgiving, that's what we are forced to do again.

4. Robert Pavlik:

   With the market being as expensive as it seems, share repurchases could drive the market that much higher, it adds to the Street’s belief that there’s an underlying bid, we’re not in this alone, and someone else is going to support the stock and that’s the company.

5. John Kasich:

   Wisconsin governor and likely presidential candidate Scott Walker is visiting neighboring Michigan to address Republicans. Walker will speak to the Ingham County GOP luncheon in Lansing on Monday before keynoting the Oakland County Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner. His visit is the same day retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson announces a Republican presidential bid in his native Detroit and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul attends an event in Grand Rapids with Michigan Rep. Justin Amash.