Thesaurus:receive
English
Verb
Sense: to gain possession of something
Synonyms
- acquire [⇒ thesaurus]
- accept
- attain
- come by
- cop
- enlist [⇒ thesaurus]
- fang (obsolete)
- gain
- garner
- get
- get hold of
- get one's hands on
- land
- lay hands on
- lay hold of
- obtain
- procure
- receive
- secure
- score
- snag (slang)
- take [⇒ thesaurus]
- win [⇒ thesaurus]
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- accumulate [⇒ thesaurus]
- beg
- borrow [⇒ thesaurus]
- blag (UK, informal)
- collect
- earn
- eke out
- fang (dialectal or obsolete)
- finagle
- find
- gather
- hire
- inveigle
- purchase [⇒ thesaurus]
- preobtain
- reap
- scavenge
- snaffle
- take [⇒ thesaurus]
Hypernyms
See also
Further reading
- “785. receiving” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “receive” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.