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Borrow

🔄 Synonyms of "Borrow"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
adoptverb	To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
take oververb	To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
take upverb	(transitive) To lift; to raise.

↔️ Antonyms of "Borrow"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
lendverb	(transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
loannoun	(law, banking, finance) A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Borrow"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
take upverb	(transitive) To lift; to raise.
adoptverb	To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
take oververb	To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
lendverb	(transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
lendingnoun	The action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to lend.
payverb	(ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
debtnoun	(finance) Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
loanverb	(usually ditransitive, US, dated and occasionally proscribed in UK, informal) To lend (something) to (someone).
bailverb	(countable, uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
resumeverb	(transitive) To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.
useverb	To utilize or employ.
undergoverb	(transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.
readyverb	(transitive) To prepare; to make ready for action.
paraphraseverb	(ambitransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context.
takeverb	(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
moveverb	(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
proceedverb	To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
raiseverb	(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
travelverb	(intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
followverb	(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.