ration

The word “ration” has 2 syllables: ra-tion

It's pronounced as /ˈreɪʃən/


What is synonym and antonym for ration?

In the thesaurus, “ration” has 81 synonyms and 22 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for ration

  • accord
  • admeasure
  • administer
  • allocate
  • allot
  • allotment
  • allow
  • allowance
  • apportion
  • apportionment
  • assign
  • assignment
  • award
  • bit
  • budget
  • chip in
  • commission
  • conserve
  • consignment
  • contribute
  • control
  • cut
  • deal
  • dispense
  • distribute
  • distribution
  • divide
  • division
  • divvy
  • divvy up
  • dole
  • dole out
  • donate
  • drag
  • earmark
  • end
  • food
  • give
  • give out
  • grant
  • hand out
  • helping
  • issue
  • limit
  • lot
  • measure
  • measure out
  • meed
  • member
  • mete
  • mete out
  • meter
  • parcel
  • parcel out
  • part
  • partition
  • percentage
  • piece
  • piece of action
  • portion
  • proportion
  • prorate
  • provender
  • provision
  • quantum
  • quota
  • reallocate
  • reapportion
  • reassign
  • redistribute
  • reserve
  • restrict
  • save
  • section
  • segment
  • share
  • slice
  • split
  • store
  • supply
  • take

Antonyms for ration

  • aggregate
  • appropriate
  • arrogate
  • begrudge
  • collect
  • composite
  • compound
  • confiscate
  • debt
  • deny
  • gather
  • hold
  • keep
  • let go
  • pool
  • retain
  • stint
  • sum
  • total
  • totality
  • whole
  • withhold

Meanings of ration

  • noun
    1. A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.
  • verb
    1. To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
    2. To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
    3. To restrict (an activity etc.).

Example Sentences

  • The soldiers were given a ration of food for the long journey ahead.
  • During the war, the government imposed a ration on certain goods.
  • They had to carefully manage their ration of water in the desert.
  • The team received a daily ration of supplies to last through the expedition.
  • The store ran out of stock, so they had to ration the available items.

On this page you'll find 103 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ration, such as: accord, admeasure, administer, aggregate, allocate, allot, allotment.

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Related Words

eatables

  • aid
  • aliment
  • bacon
  • board
  • bread
  • bread and butter
  • chow
  • chuck
  • comestible
  • comestibles
  • commissary
  • commons
  • daily bread
  • diet
  • dish
  • eats
  • edibles
  • ensilage
  • fare
  • feast
  • feed
  • finger food
  • fodder
  • food
  • foodstuff
  • foodstuffs
  • forage
  • goodies
  • groceries
  • grub
  • keep
  • larder
  • livelihood
  • maintenance
  • meal
  • meals
  • meat
  • menu
  • mess
  • natural food
  • nosh
  • nourishment
  • nurture
  • nutriment
  • nutrition
  • pabulum
  • pap
  • plate
  • platter
  • provender
  • provision
  • provisions
  • ration
  • rations
  • refreshment
  • refreshments
  • regale
  • repast
  • salt
  • serving
  • silage
  • slop
  • snack
  • snacks
  • spread
  • staples
  • subsistence
  • supplies
  • support
  • sustenance
  • swill
  • table
  • tidbits
  • tucker
  • viand
  • viands
  • victual
  • victuals
  • vittles
  • wherewithal

edibles

  • aid
  • aliment
  • bacon
  • bite
  • board
  • bread
  • bread and butter
  • breeding
  • care
  • chow
  • chuck
  • comestible
  • comestibles
  • commissary
  • commons
  • daily bread
  • diet
  • discipline
  • dish
  • eatables
  • eats
  • education
  • ensilage
  • fare
  • feast
  • feed
  • finger food
  • fodder
  • food
  • foodstuff
  • foodstuffs
  • forage
  • goodies
  • groceries
  • grub
  • grubbery
  • instruction
  • keep
  • larder
  • livelihood
  • maintenance
  • meal
  • meals
  • meat
  • menu
  • mess
  • natural food
  • nosh
  • nourishment
  • nurture
  • nutriment
  • nutrition
  • pabulum
  • pap
  • perishables
  • plate
  • platter
  • produce
  • provender
  • provision
  • provisions
  • ration
  • rations
  • rearing
  • refreshment
  • refreshments
  • regale
  • repast
  • salt
  • serving
  • silage
  • slop
  • snack
  • spread
  • staples
  • subsistence
  • supplies
  • support
  • sustenance
  • swill
  • table
  • training
  • tucker
  • upbringing
  • vegetables
  • viand
  • viands
  • victual
  • victuals
  • vittles
  • wherewithal

fairing

  • allowance
  • alms
  • award
  • benefaction
  • beneficence
  • benefit
  • benevolence
  • bequest
  • bestowal
  • bonus
  • boon
  • bounty
  • box
  • care package
  • charity
  • comp
  • contribution
  • courtesy
  • dispensation
  • dole
  • donation
  • donative
  • dowry
  • endowment
  • favor
  • foy
  • freebee
  • freebie
  • generosity
  • gift
  • giveaway
  • goodie
  • grant
  • gratuity
  • hand
  • hand-me-down
  • handout
  • handsel
  • honorarium
  • lagniapp
  • lagniappe
  • largess
  • largesse
  • legacy
  • libation
  • oblation
  • offering
  • offertory
  • philanthropy
  • pittance
  • premium
  • present
  • presentation
  • prize
  • propine
  • provision
  • ration
  • relief
  • remembrance
  • remittance
  • reward
  • sacrifice
  • souvenir
  • subscription
  • subsidy
  • tax benefit
  • tax write-off
  • tip
  • tithe
  • token
  • tribute
  • valentine
  • windfall
  • write-off

take

  • OK
  • abduct
  • abide
  • absorb
  • abstract
  • accept
  • accommodate
  • account
  • accredit
  • accroach
  • acquiesce
  • acquire
  • act
  • adaptation
  • address
  • admit
  • adopt
  • affect
  • allotment
  • allow
  • allowance
  • allure
  • annex
  • annihilate
  • answer
  • appoint
  • apprehend
  • appropriate
  • appropriation
  • arrest
  • arrogate
  • ask
  • assassinate
  • assume
  • attain
  • attend
  • attract
  • back
  • backlash
  • bag
  • bamboozle
  • be aware of
  • be efficacious
  • be seized
  • bear
  • bear with
  • beat
  • become popular
  • beg
  • behave
  • believe
  • best
  • better
  • bewitch
  • bid
  • bide
  • bilk
  • blot out
  • blow away
  • blow out
  • bomb
  • book
  • booty
  • borrow
  • bounty
  • brave
  • break
  • bring
  • bring off
  • brook
  • buck
  • bump off
  • bury
  • butcher
  • buy
  • call for
  • cap
  • capitulate
  • capture
  • carry
  • carry off
  • carry out
  • cart
  • carve out
  • catch
  • catching
  • challenge
  • charm
  • charter
  • cherry-pick
  • choose
  • claim
  • clasp
  • clench
  • clobber
  • clutch
  • collar
  • collect
  • collection
  • come down with
  • come to grips with
  • command
  • commandeer
  • commission
  • compass
  • comprehend
  • con
  • conclude
  • conduct
  • confirm
  • confiscate
  • conquer
  • consider
  • contain
  • contract
  • control
  • convey
  • convoy
  • cop
  • countenance
  • counterreaction
  • counterresponse
  • cozen
  • crave
  • cream
  • credit
  • croak
  • crush
  • cull
  • cut
  • cut down
  • deal with
  • decide on
  • decimate
  • deduce
  • deduct
  • deem
  • defeat
  • defraud
  • delight
  • delight in
  • demand
  • derive
  • designate
  • destroy
  • devour
  • direct
  • discount
  • dispatch
  • do
  • do away with
  • do down
  • do for
  • do in
  • do the trick
  • down
  • draw
  • draw back
  • drink
  • drive
  • drub
  • dupe
  • earn
  • earnings
  • eat
  • eclipse
  • effect
  • elect
  • eliminate
  • embrace
  • enclose
  • encompass
  • end
  • endure
  • enfold
  • engage
  • engineer
  • enjoin
  • enjoy
  • ensnare
  • entail
  • enter
  • enter upon
  • entertain
  • entrap
  • escort
  • espouse
  • euthanatize
  • euthanize
  • exact
  • exceed
  • excel
  • execute
  • exercise
  • exert
  • expect
  • experience
  • expropriate
  • fail
  • fascinate
  • feed
  • feed on
  • feel
  • fell
  • fellowship
  • ferry
  • fetch
  • fiddle
  • field
  • filch
  • finance
  • finesse
  • finish
  • fit
  • fix
  • flatten
  • flimflam
  • flourish
  • follow
  • function
  • gain
  • gain possession
  • garner
  • gate
  • gather
  • gather up
  • get
  • get around
  • get hold of
  • get off
  • get the better of
  • give access
  • go
  • go through
  • go with
  • grab
  • grasp
  • grin and bear it
  • grip
  • gross
  • guide
  • gull
  • gun
  • hack
  • handle
  • handpick
  • hang in
  • hang on
  • hang on to
  • hang tough
  • harbor
  • haul
  • haul in
  • have
  • have a grip on
  • have effect
  • heel
  • hire
  • hold
  • holding
  • hoodwink
  • house
  • ice
  • imagine
  • imbibe
  • inclose
  • include
  • income
  • infer
  • influence
  • ingest
  • inhale
  • insist
  • interpret as
  • interpretation
  • involve
  • jag
  • jockey
  • journey
  • kickback
  • kill
  • kill off
  • knock for a loop
  • knock off
  • knock over
  • know
  • lack
  • languish
  • lay hold of
  • lead
  • lease
  • let in
  • liberate
  • lick
  • lift
  • like
  • live with
  • look upon
  • loot
  • lot
  • lug
  • luxuriate in
  • magnetize
  • make
  • make away with
  • manage
  • maneuver
  • manipulate
  • mark
  • martyr
  • massacre
  • master
  • meal
  • meet
  • member
  • micromanage
  • misappropriate
  • move
  • mow
  • murder
  • nab
  • nail
  • name
  • necessitate
  • need
  • negotiate
  • net
  • neutralize
  • nip
  • nominate
  • nose out
  • observe
  • obtain
  • off
  • offer
  • okay
  • operate
  • opt for
  • optate
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfight
  • outshine
  • outstrip
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overmatch
  • overpower
  • overtake
  • overthrow
  • overtop
  • overwhelm
  • pack
  • pan out
  • part
  • partake of
  • partition
  • pay for
  • payoff
  • perceive
  • percentage
  • perform
  • permit
  • pick
  • pick up
  • piece
  • piece of the action
  • piggyback
  • pilot
  • pinch
  • pip
  • play
  • please
  • pluck
  • plunder
  • pocket
  • portion
  • practice
  • preempt
  • prefer
  • prehend
  • preselect
  • press
  • presume
  • prevail
  • proceeds
  • procure
  • profit
  • proportion
  • pull
  • pull a fast one
  • pull in
  • purchase
  • purloin
  • put away
  • put down
  • put in practice
  • put up with
  • quest
  • quota
  • ratify
  • ration
  • reach
  • react
  • reaction
  • reap
  • rebound
  • rebuy
  • receipts
  • receive
  • reckon
  • recoil
  • redound
  • reflex
  • regard
  • regulate
  • relish
  • remove
  • rent
  • reply
  • repurchase
  • require
  • respect
  • respond
  • response
  • result
  • return
  • returns
  • revenue
  • revulsion
  • ride
  • ride out
  • riff
  • rip off
  • rise
  • rout
  • rub out
  • run
  • run off with
  • salvage
  • sanction
  • schlepp
  • score
  • scrag
  • seat
  • section
  • secure
  • see
  • see as
  • segment
  • seize
  • select
  • sense
  • sequester
  • serve
  • set
  • set store by
  • set store on
  • share
  • shellac
  • shoulder
  • sicken with
  • single out
  • sink
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • slice
  • smite
  • smoke
  • snag
  • snare
  • snatch
  • snitch
  • snow under
  • snuff
  • spoils
  • stand
  • stand for
  • steer
  • stick it out
  • stick out
  • stipulate
  • stomach
  • stop
  • strike
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • submit to
  • succeed
  • suffer
  • suicide
  • support
  • suppose
  • surmount
  • surpass
  • suspect
  • sustain
  • swag
  • swallow
  • sway
  • sweat out
  • sweep
  • swindle
  • swing
  • swipe
  • tab
  • tag
  • take away
  • take effect
  • take for a ride
  • take hold
  • take hold of
  • take in
  • take it
  • take it lying down
  • take it on the chin
  • take off
  • take out
  • take sick with
  • takings
  • tap
  • terminate
  • think
  • think of as
  • thrash
  • tolerate
  • top
  • tote
  • tough it out
  • tour
  • transcend
  • translation
  • treat
  • trek
  • trick
  • trim
  • triumph
  • trounce
  • truck
  • trust
  • undergo
  • understand
  • undertake
  • unseat
  • upend
  • upset
  • usher
  • utilize
  • vanquish
  • variation
  • version
  • wallop
  • want
  • warrant
  • waste
  • wax
  • weaken
  • wear
  • weather
  • welcome
  • whack
  • whip
  • wile
  • wilt
  • win
  • win favor
  • winnings
  • wither
  • withstand
  • work
  • worsen
  • worst
  • yield

take care of

  • KO
  • TCB
  • abet
  • accommodate
  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • act
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • administer
  • administrate
  • advance
  • advocate
  • aid
  • allow
  • alter
  • answer
  • ante up
  • apply oneself to
  • approach
  • arrange
  • arrive
  • assemble
  • assist
  • atone
  • atone for
  • attain
  • attend
  • attend to
  • baby
  • baby-sit
  • babysit
  • back
  • back up
  • bail out
  • balance
  • ballyhoo
  • bang
  • bash
  • batter
  • be capable of
  • be equal to
  • be in charge
  • be in saddle
  • be in the saddle
  • be in the service of
  • be on alert
  • be on duty
  • be on the lookout
  • be responsible for
  • be solicitous of
  • be up to
  • be vigilant
  • be wary
  • be watchful
  • bear down
  • bear the cost
  • bear the expense
  • beat
  • beat down
  • beat up
  • behave
  • behave toward
  • benefit
  • bequeath
  • bestow
  • better
  • blank
  • blast
  • blow away
  • bludgeon
  • boost
  • boss
  • break face
  • bring
  • bring about
  • bring off
  • bring to fruition
  • bring up
  • buffet
  • bulldoze
  • bump off
  • bury
  • button down
  • button up
  • buy
  • buy back
  • buy off
  • call a day
  • call the play
  • call the shots
  • call upon
  • can
  • can do
  • captain
  • care for
  • carry on
  • carry out
  • catalogue
  • cater
  • cater to
  • cause
  • chamber
  • champion
  • chaperon
  • chaperone
  • cherish
  • chill
  • chip in
  • chop
  • classify
  • claw
  • clean
  • clean up
  • clear
  • clinch
  • clobber
  • close
  • coax
  • coddle
  • codify
  • collaborate
  • combine
  • come
  • come down with
  • come through
  • command
  • commit
  • comp
  • compass
  • compensate
  • complete
  • compose
  • conceal
  • concentrate on
  • concern
  • concert
  • conclude
  • concoct
  • conduct
  • conduct oneself
  • confer
  • conquer
  • conserve
  • consider
  • constitute
  • construct
  • consummate
  • continue
  • contribute
  • control
  • convert
  • cook
  • cooperate
  • coordinate
  • cope with
  • corral
  • correlate
  • corrupt
  • cosset
  • cough up
  • counsel
  • counterbalance
  • counterpoise
  • countervail
  • cover
  • cover-up
  • crack the whip
  • cradle
  • cream
  • create
  • crown
  • crush
  • cultivate
  • cure
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down on
  • cut off
  • cut the mustard
  • deal with
  • decide
  • deck
  • deep-six
  • defeat
  • defend
  • defray
  • delight
  • designate
  • determine
  • devote oneself to
  • dig
  • dig up
  • direct
  • disburse
  • discharge
  • discuss
  • dispatch
  • dispense
  • dispose
  • dispose of
  • distribute
  • do
  • do a bang-up job
  • do away with
  • do business
  • do for
  • do in
  • do justice
  • do one proud
  • do the job
  • do the trick
  • do to a T
  • doctor
  • dominate
  • drop curtain
  • drown
  • drub
  • dust
  • earn wings
  • effect
  • effectuate
  • enact
  • enclose
  • encourage
  • end
  • enforce
  • engage in
  • engender
  • engineer
  • entertain
  • entice
  • equalize
  • equip
  • erase
  • establish
  • exceed
  • excel
  • execute
  • expedite
  • expiate
  • extend
  • facilitate
  • fashion
  • father
  • favor
  • feed
  • finance
  • finish
  • fit
  • fit out
  • fix
  • fix up
  • fix up with
  • flagellate
  • flail
  • flax
  • floor
  • focus on
  • fold up
  • foot
  • foot the bill
  • form
  • formulate
  • forward
  • foster
  • frame
  • fulfill
  • fund
  • furnish
  • further
  • gain
  • generate
  • get a handle on something
  • get at
  • get going
  • get it together
  • get ready
  • get someplace
  • get the better of
  • get there
  • get to
  • get-together
  • give
  • give a boost
  • give a boost to
  • give a leg up
  • give a lift
  • give in
  • give rein to
  • give satisfaction
  • go along
  • go at
  • go down the line for
  • go easy on
  • go for
  • go on with
  • go the distance
  • go to bat for
  • go with
  • govern
  • grant
  • gratify
  • grease
  • grease palm
  • grease the wheels
  • group
  • guard
  • guerdon
  • guide
  • hack it
  • halt
  • hammer away
  • hand over
  • handle
  • handle roughly
  • harbor
  • harmonize
  • hasten
  • have a go at
  • have at
  • have it made
  • have to do with
  • haven
  • head
  • head up
  • heal
  • helm
  • help
  • hide
  • hit
  • hoard
  • hold down
  • honor
  • house
  • humor
  • hurt
  • hype
  • ice
  • ill-treat
  • immobilize
  • immunize
  • implement
  • indemnify
  • indulge
  • influence
  • inoculate
  • inspect
  • instigate
  • instruct
  • irradiate
  • jell
  • keep
  • keep alive
  • keep an eye on
  • keep eyes open
  • keep eyes peeled
  • keep going
  • keep safe
  • keep tabs on
  • keep up
  • keep watch over
  • kick in
  • kill
  • knock about
  • knock around
  • knock off
  • knock out
  • knuckle down to
  • lacerate
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lay one out
  • lead
  • lean on
  • lend a hand
  • let have it
  • lick
  • lick into shape
  • line up
  • liquidate
  • live with
  • lodge
  • look after
  • look out
  • look out for
  • look to
  • lubricate
  • lure
  • maintain
  • make
  • make a deal
  • make a go of it
  • make a pitch for
  • make amends
  • make good
  • make hay
  • make it
  • make out
  • make payment
  • make ready
  • make the grade
  • make up for
  • maltreat
  • manage
  • manipulate
  • marshal
  • master
  • may
  • medicate
  • meet
  • methodize
  • mind
  • minister
  • minister to
  • mold
  • molest
  • mollycoddle
  • mop up
  • mother
  • move
  • mug
  • murder
  • muscle
  • nail it
  • negotiate
  • nourish
  • nuke
  • nurse
  • nurture
  • oblige
  • off
  • offer
  • officiate
  • offset
  • oil palm
  • open doors
  • operate
  • ordain
  • outclass
  • outdo
  • outfit
  • outshine
  • outstrip
  • overcome
  • overcompensate
  • overlook
  • oversee
  • overthrow
  • overwhelm
  • own
  • pamper
  • pander
  • pander to
  • paste
  • patrol
  • patronize
  • paw
  • pay
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  • percolate
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  • reach
  • ready
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  • rear
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  • redress
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  • refine
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  • reinforce
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  • repair
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  • request
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  • retain
  • retaliate
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  • rid
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  • roll over
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  • wrap
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  • yield
  • zap

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