Synonyms 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

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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.

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

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

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1. procure

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

   Antonyms:
   miss, lose, forfeit, misprovide, miscontrive

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Obtain
   • Supply

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1. procureverb

   Synonyms:
   get, acquire, obtain, earn, win, achieve, gain, provide, furnish

2. procureverb

   Synonyms:
   contrive, compass, cause, effect, bring about

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1. procureverb

   Synonyms:
   get, obtain, acquire

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1. List of paraphrases for "procure":

   acquire, purchase, buy, obtain, procurement

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How to use procure in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Mike Manazir:

   The challenge for me is that if the line shuts down ... I now run out of options, and I can’t procure Growlers if the analysis says that we need more.

3. Barbara Bellis:

   It is clear... that the plaintiffs here simply want and are entitled to the deposition of Mr. Alex Jones and that Alex Jones has continued to attempt to deliberately disregard the court's orders and attempts to manipulate the court process, while paying the fees and court's costs will reimburse the plaintiffs for costs incurred in attempting to procure Mr. Jones' deposition, it is not a substitution for his testimony.

4. Carl Icahn:

   We could procure funds, but many shareholders are demanding that money should be used on healthcare businesses.

5. Mike Manazir:

   We have to buy something in (fiscal year) '16 for that line to extend, the challenge for me is that if the line shuts down ... I now run out of options, and I can't procure Growlers if the analysis says that we need more.