Present definition

Present as a verb

1. give an exhibition of to an interested audience

   Same sense: show, demonstrate, exhibit, demo

2. bring forward and present to the mind

   "We presented the arguments to him"

   Same sense: lay out, represent

3. perform (a play), especially on a stage

   Same sense: stage, represent

4. hand over formally

   Same sense: submit

5. offer for others to consider

   Same sense: pose

6. give, especially as an honor or reward

   Same sense: award

7. give as a present; make a gift of

   Same sense: give, gift

8. deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)

   "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"

   Same sense: deliver

9. cause to come to know personally

   Same sense: introduce, acquaint

10. represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture

    Same sense: portray

11. present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

    Same sense: face, confront

12. formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.

13. recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position

    Same sense: salute

Present as a noun

14. the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech

    "that is enough for the present"

    Same sense: nowadays

15. something presented as a gift

    "his tie was a present from his wife"

16. a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking

    Same sense: present tense

Present as an adjective

17. temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration

    "the present leader"

18. being or existing in a specified place

    "the murderer is present in this room"

Synonyms and antonyms

• show definition
• demonstrate
• exhibit
• demo
• lay out
• represent
• stage definition
• submit
• pose
• award
• give definition
• gift
• deliver
• introduce
• acquaint
• portray
• face definition
• confront
• salute
• nowadays
• present tense

Opposites: past, future, absent.

How to say present

Present has 2 syllables and rhymes with pleasant. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with present

• pleasant
• unpleasant
• peasant
• pheasant
• omnipresent

PRESENT in word games

Scrabble

9

Words With Friends

11

Anagrams

3

Is PRESENT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PRESENT in the word checker, or unscramble PRESENT to see its 3 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.