Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lending
1 sense of lending
Sense 1
lending, loaning -- (disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned)
=> disposal, disposition -- (the act or means of getting rid of something)
Antonyms of verb lend
1 of 3 senses of lend
Sense 2
lend, loan -- (give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money")
Antonym of borrow (Sense 1)
=> borrow -- (get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lend
3 senses of lend
Sense 1
lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring -- (bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program")
=> change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")
Sense 2
lend, loan -- (give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money")
=> give -- (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care")
Sense 3
lend -- (have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to; "This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"; "The current system lends itself to great abuse")
=> be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")