Synonyms for have
verb
To be in possession of
possess, take unto oneself, hold; see own 1.
To bear
beget, give birth to, bring forth; see produce 1.
To be obliged; used with infinitive
be compelled, be forced to, should, ought, be one's duty to, rest with, become, fall on, devolve upon, be up to*, have got to*; see also must.
To have sexual intercourse with
seduce, sleep with, deflower; see copulate.
See have in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To keep at one's disposal:
hold, own, possess, retain. See keepTo hold on one's person:
bear, carry, possess. (Informal) pack. See ownedTo have at one's disposal:
boast, command, enjoy, hold, possess. See ownedTo have the use or benefit of:
enjoy, hold, possess. See ownedTo be endowed with as a visible characteristic or form:
bear, carry, display, exhibit, possess. See showTo have as a part:
comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, encompass, include, involve, subsume, take in. See includeTo be filled by:
contain, hold. See includeTo admit to one's possession, presence, or awareness:
accept, receive, take. See acceptTo participate in or partake of personally:
experience, feel, go through, know, meet1 (with), see, suffer, taste (of), undergo. (Archaic) prove. Idiom: run up against. See participateTo be physically aware of through the senses:
experience, feel. See knowledgeTo undergo an emotional reaction:
experience, feel, know, savor, taste. See feelingsTo cause to be in a certain state or to undergo a particular experience or action:
get, make. See causeTo neither forbid nor prevent:
allow, let, permit, suffer, tolerate. See allowTo organize and carry out (an activity):
give, hold, stage. See control, plannedTo involve oneself in (an activity):
carry on, engage, indulge, partake, participate. Idiom: take part. See participate- (Informal)
To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation:
beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in, trick. (Informal) bamboozle. (Slang) four-flush. Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride. See honest To give birth to:
bear, bring forth, deliver. (Chiefly Regional) birth. Idiom: be brought abed (or to bed) of. See richTo engage in sexual relations with:
bed, copulate, couple, mate, sleep with, take. Idioms: go to bed with, make love, make whoopee, roll in the hay. See sex
phrasal verb have atTo set upon with violent force:
aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on (or upon), go at, sail into, storm, strike. (Informal) light into, pitch into. See attack
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