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buying
Overview of noun buying
The noun buying has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) buying, purchasing -- (the act of buying; "buying and selling fill their days"; "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge")
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 buying
1 sense of buying
Sense 1
buying, purchasing
=> purchase
=> acquisition
=> acquiring, getting
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun buying
1 sense of buying
Sense 1
buying, purchasing
=> shopping
=> mail-order buying, catalog buying
=> viatication, viaticus
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun buying
1 sense of buying
Sense 1
buying, purchasing
=> purchase
Antonyms of noun buying
Member Holonyms of noun buying
Substance Holonyms of noun buying
Part Holonyms of noun buying
Member Meronyms of noun buying
Substance Meronyms of noun buying
Part Meronyms of noun buying
Meronyms of noun buying
Holonyms of noun buying
Attributes of noun buying
Derived Forms of noun buying
1 sense of buying
Sense 1
buying, purchasing
RELATED TO>(verb) buy#1
=> buy, purchase
Domain of noun buying
Domain Terms of noun buying
Familiarity of noun buying
buying used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun buying
1 sense of buying
Sense 1
buying, purchasing
> purchase
=> redemption, repurchase, buyback
=> buying, purchasing
Meronyms of noun buying
1 sense of buying
Holonyms of noun buying
Grep of noun buying
buying
catalog buying
installment buying
mail-order buying
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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