Synonyms for buy
baɪbuy

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1. buyverb

   Antonyms:
   sale

2. buyverb

   Synonyms:
   purchase

   Antonyms:
   sell, vend

3. buyverb

   Synonyms:
   accept, take on, believe, swallow

   Antonyms:
   pitch, disbelieve, reject

4. buyverb

   Synonyms:
   make a buy

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1. buy

   Buy and purchase are close synonyms, signifying to obtain or secure as one's own by paying or promising to pay a price; in numerous cases the two words are freely interchangeable, but with the difference usually found between words of Saxon and those of French or Latin origin. The Saxon buy is used for all the homely and petty concerns of common life, the French purchase is often restricted to transactions of more dignity; yet the Saxon word buy is commonly more emphatic, and in the higher ranges of thought appeals more strongly to the feelings. One may either buy or purchase fame, favor, honor, pleasure, etc., but when our feelings are stirred we speak of victory or freedom as dearly bought. "Buy the truth, and sell it not" (Prov. xxiii, 23) would be greatly weakened by the rendering "Purchase the truth, and do not dispose of it." Compare BUSINESS; GET; PRICE; SALE.

   Synonyms:
   acquire, bargain for, barter for, get, obtain, procure, purchase, secure

   Antonyms:
   barter, dispose of, exchange, put to sale, sell

   Preposition:
   Purchase at a price; at a public sale; of or from a person; for cash; with money; on time.

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1. buy

   Synonyms:
   purchase, bribe, subsidize, suborn

   Antonyms:
   sell, vend, hawk, retail

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 4 votes

1. bargain, buy, stealverb

   an advantageous purchase

   "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"

   Synonyms:
   deal, bargain, steal

   Antonyms:
   sell

2. buy, purchaseverb

   obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

   "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"

   Synonyms:
   grease one's palms, purchase, corrupt, bribe

   Antonyms:
   sell

3. bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palmsverb

   make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

   "This judge can be bought"

   Synonyms:
   grease one's palms, pervert, spoil, vitiate, deprave, debauch, purchase, subvert, profane, defile, sully, debase, misdirect, demoralise, corrupt, taint, demoralize, cloud, bribe

   Antonyms:
   sell

4. buyverb

   be worth or be capable of buying

   "This sum will buy you a ride on the train"

   Synonyms:
   grease one's palms, purchase, corrupt, bribe

   Antonyms:
   sell

5. buyverb

   acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange

   "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"

   Synonyms:
   grease one's palms, purchase, corrupt, bribe

   Antonyms:
   sell

6. buyverb

   accept as true

   "I can't buy this story"

   Synonyms:
   grease one's palms, purchase, corrupt, bribe

   Antonyms:
   sell

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Believe
   • Commerce
   • Crime
   • Get
   • Pay

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. buyverb

   Synonyms:
   purchase, bargain for

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

1. buyverb

   Synonyms:
   purchase

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1. List of paraphrases for "buy":

   purchase, buying, buys, purchasing, acquire, bought, procure, purchased, purchases, procurement, shop, pay, acquisition, get, afford, bribe

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1. Premier League:

   If Akhil Vyas are looking to buy tickets for matches in the Premier League Akhil Vyas should buy them directly from Premier League Clubs, a ‘ ticket tout ’( also known as a ‘ scalper ’) sells match tickets without authorisation, often at vastly inflated prices.

2. Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged:

   Happiness is possible only to a rational man, the man who desires nothing but rational goals, seeks nothing but rational values and finds his joy in nothing buy rational actions.

3. Laura Cavanaugh/Getty Images:

   It appears she was scammed. It appears she paid somebody who didn’t own the house and paid them to buy it. But the land bank can’t legally just give her the property.

4. Benjamin Ensor:

   Are people crying out for a really different method of making payments? I think that's not yet clear, consumers just want to buy stuff.

5. California President Sam Paredes:

   The state governswhen you think about buying a gun,when you buy a gun, own it, use it, transport it,sell it, everything...they govern everything, we have ten-day waiting periods,an assault weapons ban,a magazine ban, ammunition background checks and registration, You cannot sell without going through a dealer. So, we control everything. And still, these tragedies continue to occur, which shows that all of these gun control laws, they all fail. They cannot prevent mass shootings.