Synonyms for buy
Another word for buy is steal, bargain or purchase. Below are 5 synonyms and 20 related words across 6 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: buys.
1. noun: an advantageous purchase
- steal synonyms
- bargain synonyms
2. verb: obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
- purchase
Antonyms
- sell synonyms
3. verb: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
- corrupt synonyms
- bribe synonyms
4. verb: be worth or be capable of buying
- purchase
5. verb: acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
6. verb: accept as true
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- song synonyms
- travel bargain
- take synonyms
- take out synonyms
- take over synonyms
- buy up
- buy out
- buy back
- pick up synonyms
- buy food
- acquire synonyms
- subscribe synonyms
- subscribe to
- impulse-buy
- repurchase
- pay synonyms
- pay off synonyms
- buy off
- sop
- believe synonyms
Buy in word games
- Letters
- 3
- Scrabble
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- How common
- Everyday word
- Unscramble BUY
- Is BUY a word?
- Words starting with B
Questions people ask
What is another word for buy?
You can say steal, bargain, purchase, corrupt or bribe instead of buy. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "an advantageous purchase".
What is the opposite of buy?
The opposite of buy is sell.
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