Synonyms for provide
prəˈvaɪd

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1. supply, provide, render, furnish(verb)

   give something useful or necessary to

   "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

   Synonyms:
   put up, yield, deliver, picture, supply, append, show, furnish, hand over, add, turn in, interpret, translate, fork up, submit, fork out, give, offer, fork over, depict, generate, return, ply, bring home the bacon, try, leave, allow, render, issue, allow for, cater

2. provide, supply, ply, cater(verb)

   give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

   "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

   Synonyms:
   bring home the bacon, append, furnish, cater, ply, add, allow for, supply, offer, allow, render, leave, run, issue, put up

3. provide(verb)

   determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation

   "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech"

   Synonyms:
   bring home the bacon, furnish, cater, ply, allow for, supply, offer, allow, render, leave, put up

4. put up, provide, offer(verb)

   mount or put up

   "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"

   Synonyms:
   extend, supply, digest, pop the question, abide, bring home the bacon, tolerate, tender, put forward, offer up, support, volunteer, house, cater, tin, declare oneself, can, endure, put up, post, stick out, furnish, offer, bid, stomach, erect, allow, raise, render, nominate, brook, set up, allow for, leave, suffer, stand, rear, contribute, propose, domiciliate, ply, proffer, bear

5. leave, allow for, allow, provide(verb)

   make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

   "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"

   Synonyms:
   let, go out, earmark, tolerate, go away, impart, cater, pass on, allow, give, lead, go forth, result, furnish, admit, countenance, pull up stakes, offer, will, bequeath, reserve, put up, take into account, leave behind, give up, grant, leave alone, forget, set aside, get out, supply, render, depart, allow for, leave, appropriate, exit, bring home the bacon, entrust, permit, ply

6. provide, bring home the bacon(verb)

   supply means of subsistence; earn a living

   "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon"

   Synonyms:
   bring home the bacon, succeed, furnish, cater, ply, come through, allow for, supply, offer, allow, render, deliver the goods, leave, win, put up

7. provide(verb)

   take measures in preparation for

   "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"

   Synonyms:
   bring home the bacon, furnish, cater, ply, allow for, supply, offer, allow, render, leave, put up

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. provide

   Synonyms:
   prepare, arrange, procure, afford, supply, contribute, yield, cater, furnish, get, agree, produce, collect, stipulate

   Antonyms:
   misprovide, neglect, overlook, withhold, retain, appropriate, refuse, deny, alienate, divert, misemploy, mismanage

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. provide(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   prepare, procure, get ready, make ready

2. provide(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   supply, furnish, stock

3. provide(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   cater, furnish supplies

4. provide(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   take measures, make provision

5. provide(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   stipulate, bargain, contract, engage, agree, covenant

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. provide(v)

   Synonyms:
   supply, furnish, stipulate, covenant, agree, cater, purvey

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1. List of paraphrases for "provide":

   providing, offer, give, deliver, provision, provided, furnish, ensure, supply, provides, submit, facilitate, make, bring, lend, offering, communicate, delivering, supplying, render, grant, pay, produce, allow, create, constitute, contribute, giving, facilitating, offered, present, delivery, ge, contain, offers, establish, be, fournir, predict, extend, enable, indicate, equip, guarantee, include, obtain, assure, afford, available

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How to use provide in a sentence?

1. The ECB:

   It is up to the relevant authorities and the entities themselves to determine if and when TIBER-EU based tests are performed, tests will be tailor-made and will not result in a pass or fail – rather they will provide the tested entity with insight into its strengths and weaknesses, and enable it to learn and evolve to a higher level of cyber maturity.

2. Fawzi Barhoum:

   What is needed now is to quickly take practical steps in this direction and we are ready to provide (the court) with thousands of reports and documents that confirm the Zionist enemy has committed horrible crimes against Gaza and against our people.

3. Lisa Madigan:

   By choosing not to thoroughly investigate allegations, the Catholic Church has failed in its moral obligation to provide survivors, parishioners and the public a complete and accurate accounting of all sexually inappropriate behavior involving priests in Illinois, the failure to investigate also means that the Catholic Church has never made an effort to determine whether the conduct of the accused priests was ignored or covered up by superiors.

4. Epicurus:

   It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

5. Jeff Sessions:

   Congress is always slow—we are not behind on U.S. attorneys—they have, and always have been late summer, early fall, we are moving forward with some really great nominees—U.S. attorneys are critical law enforcement officers—they work with federal agencies, all the state agencies and they provide leadership and drive for those prosecutions—we need great U.S. attorneys.

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