- big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded - given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
Antonyms: stingy, ungenerous (indirect, via generous)
- giving, gift - the act of giving
--1 is a kind of sharing, share-out
--1 has particulars:oblation, offering; bestowal, bestowment, conferral, conferment; accordance, accordance of rights; endowment; charity; contribution, donation Derived forms: verb give25, verb give3, verb give24 - giving - the imparting of news or promises etc.; "he gave us the news and made a great show of the giving"; "giving his word of honor seemed to come too easily"
--2 is a kind of conveyance, imparting, impartation
Derived forms: verb give12, verb give4, verb give37 - giving - disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return; "the alumni followed a program of annual giving"
--3 is a kind of disposal, disposition
Derived forms: verb give25, verb give8, verb give3
- give - cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"
Sample sentences:
They give the food to the people
They give the people the food
- yield, give, afford - be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
--2 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"
--3 is one way to transfer
Antonyms: take
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun giver2, noun giving3, noun giving1
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- give - convey or reveal information; "Give one's name"
--4 is one way to state, say, tell
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun giving2
Somebody ----s something
- give, pay - convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention"
--5 is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- hold, throw, have, make, give - organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
--6 is one way to direct
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- give, throw - convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look"
--7 is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody something
- give, gift, present - give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?"
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun giver2, noun giving3
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- give, bring about, yield - bring about; "His two singles gave the team the victory"
--9 is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- give, pay, devote - dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to"
--10 is one way to think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
- render, yield, return, give, generate - give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
--11 is one way to produce, make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- impart, leave, give, pass on - tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"
--12 is one way to tell
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun giving2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- establish, give - bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
--13 is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- give - leave with; give temporarily; "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?"; "Can I give you the children for the weekend?"
--14 is one way to pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody something
- give - emit or utter; "Give a gulp"; "give a yelp"
--15 is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- sacrifice, give - endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"
--16 is one way to release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give - place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
--17 is one way to transfer
Sample sentences:
They give the parcel to their parents
They give them the parcel
- give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
--18 is one way to use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- give - give (as medicine); "I gave him the drug"
--19 is one way to administer, dispense
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- give, apply - give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"
--20 is one way to distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- give, render - bestow; "give hommage"; "render thanks"
--21 is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- grant, give - bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- move over, give way, give, ease up, yield - move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
--23 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
--24 is one way to provide, supply, ply, cater
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun giving1
Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s somebody something
=> Somebody ----s something to somebody
- contribute, give, chip in, kick in - contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office"
--25 is one way to give
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun giving3, noun giving1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder - break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
--26 is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- give - estimate the duration or outcome of something; "He gave the patient three months to live"; "I gave him a very good chance at success"
--27 is one way to estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody something
- give - execute and deliver; "Give bond"
--28 is one way to execute
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- give - deliver in exchange or recompense; "I'll give you three books for four CDs"
--29 is one way to compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- afford, open, give - afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
- give - present to view; "He gave the sign to start"
--31 is one way to show
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- give - perform for an audience; "Pollini is giving another concert in New York"
--32 is one way to perform
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- give, yield - be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give"
--33 is one way to stretch
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun give1
Something ----s
- give - propose; "He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party"
--34 is one way to toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- give - legal use: accord by verdict; "give a decision for the plaintiff"
--35 is one way to accord, allot, grant
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- give - manifest or show; "This student gives promise of real creativity"; "The office gave evidence of tampering"
--36 is one way to express, show, evince
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- give - offer in good faith; "He gave her his word"
--37 is one way to pledge
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun giving2
Somebody ----s something
- give - submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse"
--38 is one way to submit, subject
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- give - guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion; "You gave me to think that you agreed with me"
--39 is one way to lead
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- give - allow to have or take; "I give you two minutes to respond"
--40 is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- give - inflict as a punishment; "She gave the boy a good spanking"; "The judge gave me 10 years"
--41 is one way to inflict, bring down, visit, impose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- give - occur; "what gives?"
--42 is one way to happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- give - consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She gave herself to many men"
--43 is one way to accept, consent, go for
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- give - proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"
--44 is one way to offer, proffer
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- yield, give, afford - be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"