Synonyms for put
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1. put option, put(verb)

   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, lay(verb)

   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. put(verb)

   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, couch(verb)

   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, assign(verb)

   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, place(verb)

   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, set(verb)

   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. put(verb)

   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. put(verb)

   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, order(verb)

    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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. put(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   place, set, lay, deposit, commit

2. put(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   impose, enjoin, levy, inflict

3. put(v. a.)

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

4. put(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   oblige, compel, force, constrain

5. put(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   incite, urge, entice, induce

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   placed, set, bring, make, place, made, ask, putting, placing, exert, subjected, lay, raised, brought, get, laid, posed, wear, submitted, post, give, mise, asked, knocked, pose, tabled, mettre

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How to use put in a sentence?

1. Lord Chesterfield:

   Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

2. Tim McGraw:

   I don’t put a political blanket on what I’m doing, this is about helping people and leading with your heart. I think that that’s what I try to do, and we’re doing things [that] are earmarked for a lot of good in the community.

3. Mark Twain:

   Behold, the fool saith, Put not all thine eggs in the one basket, -- which is but a manner of saying, Scatter your money and your attention, but the wise man saith, Put all your eggs in the one basket and -- watch that basket.

4. Sherzad Omer Mamsani:

   We don’t want to put our lives and hundreds of Jewish families in trouble, we’re starting with teaching and learning about the Jewish religion.

5. Teachers Interim President Ivy Bailey:

   There's a basic agreement in America : When you put in a day's work, you'll receive a day's pay.

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