Antonyms for lend
lɛndlend

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1. lendverb

   Antonyms:
   borrow

2. lendverb

   Antonyms:
   borrow

3. lendverb

   Antonyms:
   borrow

4. lendverb

   Antonyms:
   borrow

5. lendverb

   Antonyms:
   borrow

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.8 / 5 votes

1. lend

   Antonyms:
   resume, retract, appropriate, retain, withhold, refuse

   Synonyms:
   advance, loan, grant, afford, present

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1. • Be
   • Change
   • Give

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bringverb

   bestow a quality on

   "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"

   Antonyms:
   borrow

   Synonyms:
   supply, tot, land, get, tote up, bring in, bring, impart, pass on, add, lead, put up, take, sum, add up, conduce, fetch, channel, tot up, sum up, work, carry, give, make for, bestow, play, loan, append, institute, tally, convey, leave, conduct, confer, kick in, add together, chip in, contribute, total, summate, wreak, transmit

2. lend, loanverb

   give temporarily; let have for a limited time

   "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money"

   Antonyms:
   borrow

   Synonyms:
   add, bestow, loan, impart, contribute, bring

3. lendverb

   have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to

   "This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"; "The current system lends itself to great abuse"

   Antonyms:
   borrow

   Synonyms:
   add, bestow, loan, impart, contribute, bring

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1. lendverb

   Synonyms:
   loan

How to use lend in a sentence?

1. Aeron McQuillin:

   The next morning we all woke up to our phones blowing up with messages and Aeron McQuillin Facebook notifications from total strangers, showing their appreciation and gratitude for our random act of kindness, on behalf of bailey [ sic ], billy [ sic ] and Aeron McQuillin - thank you so much to everyone for the kind words and offers of gifts. We hope more people can learn from this situation and not be afraid to lend a helping hand to those in need.

2. Roseville Police:

   This is a great example of our exceptional community coming together to lend a helping hand, this proves a great point, age is just a number and anyone can help out in a time of need.

3. Bob Hope:

   A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

4. Esmaeil Porsa:

   A pandemic like Covid-19, it makes sense for it to disproportionately impact this population that is at risk, and then you add to it other social and economic situations that this population deals with -- rental housing, multigenerational housing, work situations which exposes them to continued exposure to Covid-19, both at work and at home. Those are all the circumstances that lend themselves to this population being impacted disproportionately.

5. Amber Gilleylen:

   His only complaint was' it makes me sad that people would rather fly by and honk at a disabled person rather than to lend a hand, we need to be caring for each other and helping each other out.

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