buy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an advantageous purchase
she got a bargain at the auction
Types & categories
- purchase hypernym
- song hyponym
- travel bargain hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
The family purchased a new car
Types & categories
- get hypernym
- repurchase hyponym
- take hyponym
- get hyponym
- subscribe to hyponym
- buy out hyponym
- pick up hyponym
- buy food hyponym
- impulse-buy hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
This judge can be bought
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- bribery derivation
- briber derivation
- bribe derivation
- purchasable derivation
- crime domain topic
Sense 4 verb
be worth or be capable of buying
This sum will buy you a ride on the train
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work
Types & categories
- get hypernym
Sense 6 verb
accept as true
I can't buy this story
Types & categories
- believe hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | purchase |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bargain |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | buy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | purchase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | song |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | travel bargain |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | buy out |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | buy in |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | sell |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | purchase |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | buying |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | buyer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | purchase |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | steal |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | commerce |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | choose |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | pay |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | buy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | get |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | repurchase |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | get |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | subscribe to |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | buy out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pick up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | buy food |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | impulse-buy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bribery |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | briber |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bribe |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | purchasable |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | crime |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pay |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sop |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | buy off |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | steal |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | purchase |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | get |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | believe |