BOUGHT Synonyms: 133 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of bought

as in store

made beforehand in large numbers a bought dress that looked like a high-end designer item

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bought

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verb

past tense of buy

as in purchased

to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for I really want to buy that new book, but I don't have enough money right now

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as in bribed

to influence someone with a bribe there were rumors that the mobster had bought the judge

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as in believed

to regard as right or true if you buy that story, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in

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Recent Examples of bought

Adjective

The chain said that refunds would be available to patrons who had pre-bought tickets. — Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 July 2022 Cineplex has also begun offering refunds to all customers that pre-bought tickets for upcoming film screenings. — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2022

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bought

Adjective

More than 82% of new space last year was built for traditional, specialty and super-store grocers.

— Brian Womack, Dallas Morning News, 7 Jan. 2026
By then, store interior displays were as critical as the windows, reflecting each city’s unique take on the holiday season with decorations ranging from subdued to outrageous.

— Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 23 Dec. 2025

Definition of store

Verb

In 2019, Sigsby and his wife purchased the Fable (formerly the Old Chalet and before that, the Black Boar) less than six months before the pandemic.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Some of the weapons from American manufacturers purchased during the Biden administration are still flowing to Ukraine, but many of those contracts have been fulfilled.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of purchased

Verb

By automating tasks that once required human discretion, rulers can replace unreliable intermediaries with faithful algorithms that cannot be bribed or manipulated.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
The country’s largest wine and spirits distributor has entered into an agreement with federal prosecutors to resolve allegations that its executives and employees bribed alcohol retailers for favorable placement of certain products.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of bribed

Verb

Fixes for what are believed to be uncommonly severe vulnerabilities are scheduled to drop in a little more than 12 hours for PHP, a programming language that powers websites and Web applications everywhere.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
Mustapha initially believed the film would be driven by its ideas about masculinity, only to discover in the edit that their friendship had become its emotional throughline.

— Essie Assibu, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of believed

Verb

Drew Doughty had a goal and two assists, and Artemi Panarin added a power-play goal and an assist as the Kings beat the New York Rangers 6-3 on Monday night.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
When presented with the findings, the Republican National Committee said the party hasn’t had enough time to fix the affordability crisis inherited from Democratic leadership.

— Amy L. Wong, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of had

Verb

That night, Pike, her boyfriend, 17-year-old Tadaryl Shipp, and an acquaintance, Shadolla Peterson, 18, lured Slemmer to an isolated area behind the agricultural campus steam plant.

— Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
When Conrad was knocked down at a practice session, Belmonte ran to help him while Manolete lured the animal away.

— Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of lured

Verb

Internationally, a United Nations resolution on geographical names says that when countries sharing a feature can’t agree on a common name, each country’s name is accepted.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
After Israel accepted its meager portion, Arabs attacked and retained a significant part of the land that was to be divided between Jews and Arabs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

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