furnish
verb
transitive verb
Synonyms
- accoutre
- accouter
- equip
- fit (out)
- gird
- kit (up or out) [chiefly British]
- outfit
- provision
- rig
- supply
Example Sentences
Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 19 July 2022 Earlier this month, voters renewed a capital-improvement property tax that will furnish the city's Parks and Recreation Department with $24 million. Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2022 Markets would furnish smarter guesses, except for the fact that the Fed has trained investors to bet on Fed guidance rather than on economic variables. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 July 2022 But some lumberyards are less scrupulous than others, and a logger can easily furnish a permit from one location when the wood has been sourced from another. Lauren Markham, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 The organization helped furnish and decorate a home for a single mom and her four children in Chula Vista in July 2021. San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2022 In fact, Americans everywhere have greeted our nation’s newest residents at airports with flowers, helped furnish their homes, and delivered meals. Spencer J. Cox, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2022 Fortunately, there's no shortage of great places to furnish and decorate these incredible dwellings. Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 19 July 2022 Jonathan Lowy, chief counsel at the Brady gun control advocacy group, said lawsuits can furnish accountability in the face of political gridlock. John Keilman, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2022 See More Word History
Middle English furnisshen, from Anglo-French furniss-, stem of furnir, fournir to complete, equip, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German frummen to further, fruma advantage — more at foremost
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- equip
- supply
- prepare
- provision
- present
- gird
- outfit
- rig
- accoutre
- contribute
- accouter
- fortify
- distribute
- dispense
- bestow
- donate
- store
- kit (up or out)
- stock
- give
- apportion
- allocate
- assign
- portion
- allot
- refurnish
- arm
- prorate
- hand out
- fit (out)
- dole out
- reequip
- deal (out)
- refit
- parcel (out)
- reoutfit
- mete (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- deprive
- divest
- strip
- dispossess
Synonyms & Similar Words
- provide
- supply
- give
- hand
- deliver
- distribute
- feed
- dispense
- hand over
- allocate
- administer
- apportion
- portion
- assign
- prorate
- dole out
- cede
- ply (with)
- transfer
- deed
- make over
- deal (out)
- parcel (out)
- mete (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- retain
- hold (back)
- keep (back)
- maintain
- withhold
- preserve
- save
- reserve
- conserve
- keep up
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of furnish are accoutre, appoint, equip, and outfit. While all these words mean "to supply one with what is needed," furnish implies the provision of any or all essentials for performing a function.
The synonyms accoutre and furnish are sometimes interchangeable, but accoutre suggests the supplying of personal dress or equipment for a special activity.
The words appoint and furnish can be used in similar contexts, but appoint implies provision of complete and usually elegant or elaborate equipment or furnishings.
While the synonyms equip and furnish are close in meaning, equip suggests the provision of something making for efficiency in action or use.
While in some cases nearly identical to furnish, outfit implies provision of a complete list or set of articles as for a journey, an expedition, or a special occupation.