Auction Synonyms

ôkshən
The public sale of something to the highest bidder
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sale
  2. auction bridge
  3. public sale
  4. disposal
  5. vendue
  6. barter
  7. bidding
  8. auction-sale
  9. block
  10. dutch auction
  11. job-lot
  12. offering
  13. bankruptcy sale
  14. sell
  15. trade
  16. venture
Sell at an auction
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. auctioneer
  2. sell at auction
  3. auction-off
  4. put-on-the-block
  5. put under the hammer

Words Related to Auction

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. See syn. study at
  2. Sothebys
  3. bonhams
  4. auctions
  5. cqout
  6. ebay
  7. mart
  8. christies
  9. for-sale

Auction Sentence Examples

  • You've got your big auction on Wednesday.

  • It was one thing to covertly admire Alex, but quite another to stand here discussing him as though he were high dollar merchandise at a low bid auction... and why was Katie so concerned?

  • He couldn't wait to list his rusty tins, copper mugs, and brass candle sticks on an Internet auction site.

  • But the bulk of the fine furs of the world is sold at the large public trade auction sales in London.

  • There's an auction on Wednesday right here in town at one of them storage places.

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