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buy
Overview of noun buy
The noun buy has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. bargain, buy, steal -- (an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price")
Overview of verb buy
The verb buy has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (594) buy, purchase -- (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store")
2. (7) bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms -- (make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought")
3. (5) buy -- (acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work")
4. (4) buy -- (accept as true; "I can't buy this story")
5. (3) buy -- (be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a ride on the train")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun buy
1 sense of buy
Sense 1
bargain, buy, steal
=> purchase
=> acquisition
=> transferred property, transferred possession
=> possession
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun buy
1 sense of buy
Sense 1
bargain, buy, steal
=> song
=> travel bargain
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun buy
1 sense of buy
Sense 1
bargain, buy, steal
=> purchase
Antonyms of noun buy
Member Holonyms of noun buy
Substance Holonyms of noun buy
Part Holonyms of noun buy
Member Meronyms of noun buy
Substance Meronyms of noun buy
Part Meronyms of noun buy
Meronyms of noun buy
Holonyms of noun buy
Attributes of noun buy
Derived Forms of noun buy
1 sense of buy
Sense 1
bargain, buy, steal
RELATED TO>(verb) buy#5
=> buy
RELATED TO>(verb) buy#1
=> buy, purchase
Domain of noun buy
Domain Terms of noun buy
Familiarity of noun buy
buy used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun buy
1 sense of buy
Sense 1
bargain, buy, steal
> purchase
=> stock buyback
=> bargain, buy, steal
Meronyms of noun buy
1 sense of buy
Holonyms of noun buy
Grep of noun buy
buy
buy-and-bust operation
buyback
buyer
buyer's market
buyers' market
buyi
buying
buyout
buyout bid
Antonyms of verb buy
1 of 5 senses of buy
Sense 1
buy, purchase
Antonym of sell (Sense 1)
=>sell
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb buy
5 senses of buy
Sense 1
buy, purchase
=> get, acquire
Also See> buy in#1; buy up#1; buy out#1
Sense 2
bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms
=> pay
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 3
buy
=> get, acquire
Sense 4
buy
=> believe
=> accept
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 5
buy
=> be
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb buy
2 of 5 senses of buy
Sense 1
buy, purchase
=> buy back, repurchase
=> take
=> get
=> subscribe, subscribe to, take
=> take over, buy out, buy up
=> pick up
=> take out, buy food
=> impulse-buy
Sense 2
bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms
=> sop
=> buy off, pay off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb buy
5 senses of buy
Sense 1
buy, purchase
=> get, acquire
Also See> buy in#1; buy up#1; buy out#1
Sense 2
bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms
=> pay
Sense 3
buy
=> get, acquire
Sense 4
buy
=> believe
Sense 5
buy
=> be
'Cause To' of verb buy
Derived Forms of verb buy
2 of 5 senses of buy
Sense 1
buy, purchase
RELATED TO>(noun) buy#1
=> bargain, buy, steal
RELATED TO>(noun) buyer#1
=> buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee
RELATED TO>(noun) buying#1
=> buying, purchasing
Sense 5
buy
RELATED TO>(noun) buy#1
=> bargain, buy, steal
Domain of verb buy
2 of 5 senses of buy
Sense 1
buy, purchase
TOPIC>(noun) commerce#1, commercialism#1, mercantilism#2
Sense 2
bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms
TOPIC>(noun) crime#1, law-breaking#1
Domain Terms of verb buy
Familiarity of verb buy
buy used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb buy
5 senses of buy
Sense 1
buy, purchase
EX: The children buy the ball
Sense 2
bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms
EX: Sam cannot buy Sue
Sense 3
buy
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
buy
EX: They won't buy the story
Sense 5
buy
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb buy
5 senses of buy
Sense 1
buy, purchase
> get, acquire
=> isolate
=> win back, get back
=> press out, express, extract
=> capture, catch
=> come by
=> buy, purchase
=> lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> receive, have
=> turn
=> buy
=> find
=> glom
=> enter upon, come upon, luck into
=> line up, get hold, come up, find
=> accept, take, have
=> obtain
=> recover, retrieve, find, regain
=> catch
=> recover, recoup, recuperate
=> reclaim, repossess
=> find, regain
=> acquire, win, gain
=> gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
=> earn, garner
=> profit, gain, benefit
=> partake, share, partake in
=> preempt
=> preempt
=> collect, pick up, gather up, call for
=> inherit, come into
=> borrow
=> pick up
=> get
=> poll
Sense 2
bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms
> pay
=> subsidize, subsidise
=> finance
=> put up, contribute
=> compensate, recompense, remunerate
=> overpay
=> underpay
=> prepay
=> go Dutch
=> compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify
=> tithe
=> remit
=> redeem, pay off
=> spend, expend, drop
=> bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms
=> refund, return, repay, give back
=> foot, pick
=> disburse, pay out
=> charge
=> pay cash
=> defray
=> kick back
=> prefer
Sense 3
buy
> get, acquire
=> isolate
=> win back, get back
=> press out, express, extract
=> capture, catch
=> come by
=> buy, purchase
=> lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> receive, have
=> turn
=> buy
=> find
=> glom
=> enter upon, come upon, luck into
=> line up, get hold, come up, find
=> accept, take, have
=> obtain
=> recover, retrieve, find, regain
=> catch
=> recover, recoup, recuperate
=> reclaim, repossess
=> find, regain
=> acquire, win, gain
=> gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
=> earn, garner
=> profit, gain, benefit
=> partake, share, partake in
=> preempt
=> preempt
=> collect, pick up, gather up, call for
=> inherit, come into
=> borrow
=> pick up
=> get
=> poll
Sense 4
buy
> believe
=> understand, infer
=> swallow
=> buy
=> believe
=> trust, swear, rely, bank
=> believe in
Sense 5
buy
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb buy
Sense 1
buy, purchase
=> get, acquire
Sense 5
buy
=> be
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Sense 2
bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms
=> pay
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Sense 3
buy
=> get, acquire
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Sense 4
buy
=> believe
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Grep of verb buy
buy
buy at
buy back
buy food
buy in
buy into
buy it
buy off
buy out
buy the farm
buy time
buy up
impulse-buy
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