Put definition

Put as a verb

1. put into a certain place or abstract location

   "Put your things here"

   Same sense: place, set, position, lay, pose

2. cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation

   "That song put me in awful good humor"

3. formulate in a particular style or language

   "I wouldn't put it that way"

   Same sense: cast, frame, couch, redact

4. attribute or give

   "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"

   Same sense: assign

5. make an investment

   "Put money into bonds"

   Same sense: place, commit, invest

6. estimate

   "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

   Same sense: place, set

7. cause (someone) to undergo something

   "He put her to the torture"

8. adapt

   "put these words to music"

9. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

   "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

   Same sense: set up, order, arrange

Put as a noun

10. the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

    Same sense: put option

Synonyms and antonyms

• place definition
• set definition
• position definition
• lay
• pose
• cast
• frame
• couch
• redact
• assign
• commit
• invest
• set up
• order definition
• arrange
• put option

All synonyms of put, sense by sense

How to say put

Put has 1 syllable and rhymes with foot. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with put

• foot
• output
• input
• barefoot
• throughput
• bigfoot
• soot
• afoot
• underfoot
• forefoot
• caput
• pussyfoot

PUT in word games

Scrabble

5

Words With Friends

7

Anagrams

1

Is PUT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PUT in the word checker, or unscramble PUT to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.