Antonyms for procure
proʊˈkyʊər, prə-pro·cure

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1. procureverb

   Synonyms:
   obtain, purchase, buy

2. procureverb

   To acquire or obtain an item or service, sometimes rare, usually by extra effort.

   Synonyms:
   obtain, purchase, buy

3. procureverb

   To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.

   Synonyms:
   purchase, obtain, buy

4. procureverb

   To induce or persuade someone to do something.

   Synonyms:
   purchase, obtain, buy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.3 / 4 votes

1. procure

   A person may obtain a situation by the intercession of friends, he procures a dinner by paying for it. Attain is a lofty word, pointing to some high or desirable result; a man attains the mountain summit, he attains honor or learning as the result of strenuous and earnest labor. Even that usage of attain which has been thought to refer to mere progress of time carries the thought of a result desired; as, to attain to old age; the man desires to live to a good old age; we should not speak of his attaining his dotage. One may attain an object that will prove not worth his labor, but what he achieves is in itself great and splendid; as, the Greeks at Marathon achieved a glorious victory. Compare DO; GET; REACH.

   Antonyms:
   abandon, fail, forfeit, give up, let go, lose, miss

   Synonyms:
   accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive at, attain, compass, earn, gain, get, grasp, master, obtain, reach, secure, win

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. procure

   Antonyms:
   miss, lose, forfeit, misprovide, miscontrive

   Synonyms:
   acquire, provide, gain, get, contrive, effect, reap, win, earn, bring about

Matched Categories

1. • Obtain
   • Supply

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. procure, secureverb

   get by special effort

   "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"

   Synonyms:
   fasten, plug, stop up, batten down, insure, pander, guarantee, ensure, secure, assure, batten, fix, pimp

2. pander, pimp, procureverb

   arrange for sexual partners for others

   Synonyms:
   secure, pimp, gratify, pander, indulge

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1. procureverb

   Synonyms:
   get, obtain, acquire

How to use procure in a sentence?

1. Ambassador McKinley:

   I was disturbed by the implication that foreign governments were being approached to procure negative information on political opponents.

2. President Jacob Zuma:

   We will procure nuclear energy on a scale and pace that the country can afford.

3. Yosi Druker:

   The minute that the U.S. decides to procure Iron Dome, we will transfer all the knowledge and production file to Raytheon.

4. Jenny Higgins:

   Someone might look into alternatives such as herbs, spend time trying to gather information, procure that substance, take the herb, take it again, take it again, and by then, they are later in gestation and maybe even less likely to be able to access effective methods, there's a real-time constraint here.

5. Hector Danisa:

   If you procure trains and you don't stipulate as a condition to make local content trains, you buy trains offshore... and South African suppliers have hardly any local content, it basically erodes local content and the skills die with it.

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