gave

The word “gave” has 1 syllable: gave

It's pronounced as /ɡeɪv/

What is synonym and antonym for gave?

In the thesaurus, “gave” has 375 synonyms and 136 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for gave along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for gave

accord
acted
address
addressed
administer
administered
advanced
advertised
afforded
aided
air
aired
allocated
allow
announce
announced
ante up
applied
apply
apportioned
assigned
assisted
award
awarded
be a source of
bend
benefited
benefitted
bent
bequeath
bequeathed
bestow
bestowed
blew
bore
bow to
break
broadcast
broadcasted
broke
broke down
brought in
buckle down
buckled
burst
bursted
busied
came out with
carried
carried on
carry
cause
cave
cede
ceded
chimed in
chipped in
circulated
collapsed
come across
commended
commit
committed
communicated
comped
concede
concerned
conducted
confer
conferred
confided
consign
consigned
contaminated
contract
contributed
convey
conveyed
cracked
crashed
crumble
crumbled
crumple
crumpled
declared
deed
deeded
deflated
delegated
deliver
delivered
depicted
described
devote
devoted
died
diffused
direct
disbursed
dish out
dished out
dispense
dispensed
dispersed
display
displayed
dispose of
disseminated
dissipated
distributed
divided
do
dole out
doled out
donate
donated
dramatized
dropped
emit
enacted
endow
endowed
endued
engaged
engender
enounced
entrust
entrusted
enunciated
evidence
exerted
exhausted
exhibited
expended
exposed
expounded
express
expressed
extend
extended
fail
failed
fall
fed
flattened
flex
fold
fold up
fork over
foundered
furnish
furnished
gave air to
gave away
gave in
gave of
gave out
gave over
gave way
gift
give way
go
got cracking
got with it
grant
granted
ground
hand down
hand out
hand over
handed
handed down
handed in
handed on
handed out
handed over
heap upon
held out
helped
hold out
humped
hustled
impart
imparted
impersonated
imploded
indicate
indued
infected
intrusted
involved
issue
issued
kicked in
knuckled down
laid out
lavish upon
lavished
lay upon
lead
lease
left
lend
lent
let have
loaned
looked
made over
make
make over
manifest
melted
melted down
minister
mounted
netted
notify
occasion
offer
offered
open
outlaid
paid
paid off
paraded
parcel out
part with
pass down
pass out
passed
performed
permit
pitched in
played
plodded
plowed
poisoned
pony up
popped
portioned
portrayed
pose
posed
present
presented
previewed
proclaimed
produce
proffered
pronounce
propagated
proposed
prorated
provide
provided
publish
published
put
put across
put forth
put on
put out
put over
put up
rained
raised
ran by
ran past
ran through
read
readdressed
reapplied
recede
recommended
recommitted
redelivered
regaled
relax
released
relent
relinquish
relinquished
remit
render
rendered
reposed
represented
retire
retransferred
retransmitted
retreat
return
returned
sacrificed
sag
said
sell
set forth
shattered
shell out
shelled out
show
showed
showed off
shrink
sink
slacken
smashed
snapped
sounded
sounded off
spent
splintered
split
spoke out
spoke up
spread
squandered
staged
stalled
state
stated
strained
stressed
submitted
subsidize
supplied
supply
surrender
surrendered
taxed
tender
tendered
threw away
threw in
throw
throw in
tip
transfer
transferred
transfused
transmit
transmitted
trotted out
troubled
trusted
tumbled
turn
turn over
turned a hand
turned in
turned over
unveiled
utter
vent
vented
ventilate
ventilated
vested
voiced
volunteered
vouchsafe
wasted
weaken
went
went out
will
willed
wore out
worked
wrote
wrote up
wrought
yield
yielded

Antonyms for gave

accepted
accredited
acquired
advance
advanced
approbated
approved
authorized
be quiet
build
cached
caught
censored
cleared
conceal
confirmed
conserved
contracted
cover
dallied
dawdled
declined
denied
deny
destroy
detained
dillydallied
disagree
disallow
disallowed
disapprove
disapproved
disregarded
earned
enlarge
expand
extend
face
fail
fight
finalized
finish
fooled around
forge
formalized
gained
garnered
grow
held
held back
hide
hoarded
hold
hold up
homologated
idled
ignored
increase
inflated
join
keep
kept
kept up
laid up
lent
loaned
lose
made
maintained
meet
messed around
negatived
neglect
neglected
obscure
occupied
okayed
overlooked
owned
pass
played
pocketed
possessed
preserved
procured
put together
ratified
realized
rebuffed
rebutted
receive
received
refrain
refuse
refused
reject
rejected
repress
reserved
restrained
restricted
retain
retained
retracted
rise
rose
ruin
sanctioned
saved
secret
secured
sold
spurned
stifled
straighten
strengthen
stretch
suppress
suppressed
swelled
take
take back
tighten
took
took in
took over
trifled
turned down
vetoed
warranted
win
withdrew
withheld
withhold
withstand
won

Meanings of gave

verb
1. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
2. (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
3. To yield slightly when a force is applied.
4. To collapse under pressure or force.
5. To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
6. To lead (onto or into).
7. To provide a view of.
8. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
9. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
10. To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
11. To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
12. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
13. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
14. To grant power or permission to; to allow.
15. To devote or apply (oneself).
16. To become soft or moist.
17. To shed tears; to weep.
18. To have a misgiving.
19. To be going on, to be occurring.

Example Sentences

She gave him a thoughtful gift for his birthday.
He gave a speech at the conference, inspiring the audience.
The teacher gave us a challenging assignment for the weekend.
I gave my friend a ride to the airport this morning.
She gave a warm smile to everyone in the room.

On this page you'll find 511 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gave, such as: accepted, accord, accredited, acquired, acted, address, addressed.

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