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Synonyms for put
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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. put

    Put is the most general term for bringing an object to some point or within some space, however exactly or loosely; we may put a horse in a pasture, or put a bullet in a rifle or into an enemy. Place denotes more careful movement and more exact location; as, to place a crown on one's head, or a garrison in a city. To lay is to place in a horizontal position; to set is to place in an upright position; we lay a cloth, and set a dish upon a table. To deposit is to put in a place of security for future use; as, to deposit money in a bank; the original sense, to lay down or let down (quietly), is also common; as, the stream deposits sediment.

    Synonyms:
    deposit, lay, place, set

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. put option, putverb

    the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

    Synonyms:
    put option

  2. put, set, place, pose, position, layverb

    put into a certain place or abstract location

    "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

    Synonyms:
    sit, site, redact, gear up, fructify, send, mystify, put down, coiffure, plant, cast, prepare, do, rank, frame, place, impersonate, fix, countersink, arrange, stick, set up, define, station, gravel, aim, repose, amaze, beat, posture, come out, dress, typeset, localise, dumbfound, localize, mark, go under, point, locate, specify, correct, bewilder, set, personate, position, come in, rate, sic, range, limit, jell, grade, present, coiffe, post, baffle, lay, pose, vex, coif, commit, direct, perplex, stupefy, flummox, ready, rig, get, order, invest, identify, determine, target, puzzle, model, go down, congeal, assign, lay out, couch, adjust, nonplus

  3. putverb

    cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation

    "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing"

    Synonyms:
    lay, arrange, cast, position, set, commit, order, assign, pose, redact, set up, invest, frame, couch, place

  4. frame, redact, cast, put, couchverb

    formulate in a particular style or language

    "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

    Synonyms:
    vomit, roll, vagabond, frame in, barf, lay, draw up, ramble, set up, compose, spue, disgorge, range, commit, be sick, invest, sick, stray, rove, honk, place, frame, entrap, chuck, drop, puke, throw, cast, assign, edit, redact, mould, purge, cat, wander, upchuck, arrange, vomit up, border, order, position, ensnare, pose, hurtle, mold, cast off, shake off, throw off, swan, throw away, regorge, tramp, contrive, frame up, draw, spew, hurl, regurgitate, throw up, drift, set, couch, project, retch, roam, shed

  5. put, assignverb

    attribute or give

    "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"

    Synonyms:
    set apart, arrogate, set up, set, pose, frame, place, cast, lay, invest, portion, impute, redact, ascribe, arrange, depute, delegate, specify, designate, couch, position, commit, attribute, assign, order, allot

  6. invest, put, commit, placeverb

    make an investment

    "Put money into bonds"

    Synonyms:
    dedicate, seat, institutionalize, empower, endue, localize, perpetrate, intrust, trust, commit, enthrone, target, vest, post, station, place, frame, point, come in, gift, position, grade, arrange, adorn, assign, pull, lay, institutionalise, give, aim, cast, devote, redact, couch, identify, direct, charge, practice, endow, indue, site, set up, invest, confide, rank, consecrate, rate, clothe, send, induct, entrust, come out, set, order, locate, pose, localise, range

  7. place, put, setverb

    estimate

    "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

    Synonyms:
    lay out, go under, dress, rank, prepare, mark, localize, range, fix, commit, target, fructify, station, gear up, go down, post, place, specify, frame, point, come in, position, aim, arrange, cast, assign, redact, lay, correct, countersink, jell, plant, determine, coiffure, do, define, direct, grade, couch, identify, coif, ready, set up, invest, sic, locate, rate, coiffe, limit, send, rig, come out, set, typeset, adjust, order, site, pose, localise, congeal

  8. putverb

    cause (someone) to undergo something

    "He put her to the torture"

    Synonyms:
    lay, arrange, cast, position, set, commit, order, assign, pose, redact, set up, invest, frame, couch, place

  9. putverb

    adapt

    "put these words to music"

    Synonyms:
    lay, arrange, cast, position, set, commit, order, assign, pose, redact, set up, invest, frame, couch, place

  10. arrange, set up, put, orderverb

    arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

    "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

    Synonyms:
    tack together, commit, put together, ordain, dress, found, prepare, instal, piece, tack, range, fix, establish, put in, dictate, rate, gear up, put up, place, lay out, entrap, regulate, position, coiffure, arrange, govern, rig, assign, redact, ordinate, lay, coiffe, regularize, do, rank, frame, fix up, regularise, erect, ensnare, raise, couch, stage, coif, launch, pitch, cast, ready, set up, enjoin, effect, invest, effectuate, install, consecrate, rear, grade, assemble, tell, format, set, prescribe, order, pose, say

Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. putverb

    Synonyms:
    place, set, lay, deposit, commit

  2. putverb

    Synonyms:
    impose, enjoin, levy, inflict

  3. putverb

    Synonyms:
    propose, offer, state, present, bring forward

  4. putverb

    Synonyms:
    oblige, compel, force, constrain

  5. putverb

    Synonyms:
    incite, urge, entice, induce

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How to use put in a sentence?

  1. Mark Zuckerberg:

    I know that we don't exactly have the strongest reputation on privacy right now, to put it lightly.

  2. Jill Bannik-Brecht:

    I just can’t meet the demand for this kind of service, especially when it comes to cats, in the last two months, I’ve turned away 40 cats that meet our mission just because we don’t have a place to put them.

  3. Steve Brill:

    It'd be fun if I could get him next season and put him on skates, i know he's a California boy, so he probably doesn't skate, but that would be awesome.

  4. Abhinav Diwan:

    Clearly, there is need for caution, because diabetic people are prone to hypoglycemic episodes, and hypoglycemia can be fatal, people do not want to put them themselves at risk by fasting without consulting a doctor.

  5. Juliette Kayyem:

    Every person I know who has significant responsibility is often on camera, obviously cameras won't stop everything, a third pilot won't stop everything but the more things you put in place to be able to check the system from going wrong the better you are.


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