Derive Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-rīv
To receive
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. acquire
  2. draw
  3. deduce
  4. obtain
  5. infer
  6. receive
  7. arrive
  8. conclude
  9. get
  10. determine
  11. gain
  12. evolve
  13. extract
  14. gather
  15. glean
  16. procure
  17. take
  18. originate
  19. reach
  20. stem
  21. trace
  22. deduct
To have hereditary derivation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. descend
  2. issue
  3. spring
To be derived from a source; originate.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stem

Words Related to Derive

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.

Derive Sentence Examples

  • The traditions of the Somalis derive them from the same region.

  • The islands derive their name from the sacred images found on them by the early European navigators.

  • Add to this the insertion of vowel sounds where they are lacking in the Arabic and you derive from the real word Khmir the modern French term of Kroumir.

  • The keys, as he believed, were entrusted to the church as a whole, and from the church as a whole the " ministers of the word and sacraments " are to derive their institution and authority.

  • Those Fungi which are saprophytic can only live when supplied with organic compounds of some complexity, which they derive from decomposing animal or vegetable matter.

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