Antonyms for apply
əˈplaɪap·p·ly

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1. apply

   Antonyms:
   disuse, divorce, discard, supersede, alienate, remove, misapply, misdirect, divert, misappropriate, misemploy

   Synonyms:
   adduce, use, employ, allot, dedicate, devote, exercise, apportion, direct, engage

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1. • Administer
   • Devote
   • Refer
   • Request

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1. use, utilize, utilise, apply, employverb

   put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

   "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

   Synonyms:
   lend oneself, use, practice, give, hold, utilise, put on, employ, engage, hire, enforce, implement, expend, utilize, go for, habituate

2. apply, hold, go forverb

   be pertinent or relevant or applicable

   "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone"

   Synonyms:
   accommodate, practice, book, lend oneself, retain, hope, moderate, enforce, support, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, bind, deem, utilize, put on, arrest, guard, take, have, concord, employ, try for, check, make, take for, keep, defy, control, take to, harbor, utilise, go for, throw, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, hold up, curb, hold, use, have got, restrain, declare, withstand, agree, hold in, accept, halt, contain, obtain, maintain, confine, concur, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, implement, view as, fancy, consent, bear

3. applyverb

   ask (for something)

   "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"

   Synonyms:
   employ, use, go for, give, lend oneself, put on, implement, utilise, enforce, practice, hold, utilize

4. put on, applyverb

   apply to a surface

   "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"

   Synonyms:
   dupe, use, gull, gain, put one over, get into, enforce, slang, practice, hold, put one across, turn in, put on, utilize, befool, cod, give, assume, take in, wear, lend oneself, mount, employ, fool, implement, don, go for, utilise

5. lend oneself, applyverb

   be applicable to; as to an analysis

   "This theory lends itself well to our new data"

   Synonyms:
   employ, use, go for, give, lend oneself, put on, implement, utilise, enforce, practice, hold, utilize

6. give, applyverb

   give or convey physically

   "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"

   Synonyms:
   commit, chip in, dedicate, cave in, collapse, enforce, impart, pass on, lend oneself, move over, return, establish, utilize, put on, reach, present, have, employ, fall in, make, pay, go for, throw, gift, kick in, feed, break, ease up, give, grant, open, founder, devote, hold, pass, render, use, practice, sacrifice, yield, turn over, leave, give way, consecrate, utilise, generate, contribute, afford, implement, hand

7. practice, apply, useverb

   avail oneself to

   "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"

   Synonyms:
   use, rehearse, practise, enforce, give, drill, practice, hold, utilise, put on, employ, lend oneself, commit, implement, expend, utilize, go for, habituate, do, exercise

8. enforce, implement, applyverb

   ensure observance of laws and rules

   "Apply the rules to everyone";

   Synonyms:
   lend oneself, follow out, carry out, follow through, implement, employ, give, go through, hold, utilise, put on, follow up, use, impose, enforce, practice, put through, utilize, go for

9. applyverb

   refer (a word or name) to a person or thing

   "He applied this racial slur to me!"

   Synonyms:
   employ, use, go for, give, lend oneself, put on, implement, utilise, enforce, practice, hold, utilize

10. applyverb

    apply oneself to

    "Please apply yourself to your homework"

    Synonyms:
    employ, use, go for, give, lend oneself, put on, implement, utilise, enforce, practice, hold, utilize

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1. applyverb

   Synonyms:
   utilize, employ, practice

How to use apply in a sentence?

1. Chris Farrell:

   From very early on back in 2015, there's a concerted effort by agents from The FBI to apply intelligence tradecraft and intelligence operations to attack and undermine candidate Trump and now President Trump.

2. Delta Emerson:

   They say the best defense is to go on the offense, There is no law against leveraging off of another company’s moves. I don’t think Emily Post’s etiquette rules apply in this case.

3. Alain Nteff:

   I'm passionate about using technology to solve problems in my community, and I just saw it as an opportunity to apply my engineering to solve one of the world's biggest and oldest problems.

4. Mark Hamill:

   I debated in high school: If you told things that weren't true or just made things out of whole cloth, you were penalized. It's too bad they don't apply the same standards to presidential candidates as they do to high school students.

5. Jennifer Cervantes:

   He didn’t understand that he needed to go to a port of entry to ask for asylum, otherwise this case would have been very different, wasi’s not from the southern border, he’s not from Latin America, and so he wasn’t really aware of how to actually present himself for asylum … He thought that he needed to apply as soon as he found a CBP (Customs and Border Protection) official to give him his documents, and that’s exactly what he did.

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