Synonyms for
Provide
Definition
To make available or furnish something that is needed.
Synonyms & similar words
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Antonyms
Common collocations
- provide for
- provide with
- provide services
- provide information
- provide assistance
- provide evidence
- provide a living
Word family
Usage note
Often used with 'for' to indicate support or 'with' to indicate what is being supplied. 'Provide' implies making something available for use.
Example sentences
- I will provide you with a pencil.
- The store will provide a discount for customers.
- The hotel will provide towels for guests.
- The school will provide lunch for students.
- The company will provide training for employees.
Quotes
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment, and the countless infinitesimals of pleasurable and genial feeling. To do good is noble, but to teach others to do good is nobler and less trouble. - Thomas Carlyle
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. - Mother Teresa
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. - Ralph Waldo Emerson