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

The building did a stint as the county courthouse earlier in the 20th century before it was purchased and restored to its former opulence by the Savannah hotel developer Richard Kessler.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
The SuperLotto Plus jackpot previously hit on March 28, when a ticket purchased in Fremont won $10 million, The Sacramento Bee reported.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 18 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

This is believed to be the second hospitalization for Leo, who is known to be sporty and in good shape, with weekly tennis games and swimming.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
The 23-year-old was found dead in her apartment in neighboring Canton, located in the Boston suburbs, and is believed to have been pregnant with Farwell's child at the time, according to authorities.

— Mark Osborne, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of believed

Verb

One was Larry Page, the 53-year-old Google cofounder who had ties to California for decades and began severing them after the wealth tax proposal.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Both events revealed that the old models of long- and short-duration GRBs had holes in them.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of had

Verb

The Brewers took a 5-4 lead on Garrett Mitchell’s solo home run in the sixth inning and added an insurance run in the ninth on Hamilton’s bomb.

— Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Perhaps the squad took his ball-respecting mantra to its logical extreme, seemingly reluctant to sully it by smashing it into the net, with Chelsea recording the biggest xG underperformance in the Premier League during his brief tenure.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of took

Verb

Carolina Milanesi, an analyst at researcher Creative Strategies, said companies will have to see if users are lured by the prospect of paying more for enhanced processing power.

— Kif Leswing,Annie Palmer,Jordan Novet, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
The enigma of comets and asteroids lured the world’s space agencies into funding a series of robotic probes to study them.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of lured

Verb

Harris accepted, then asked to co-write the screenplay despite never having tackled a feature script.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Araiza had already punted, but the Raiders accepted the penalty and pushed the Chiefs back into a fourth-and-9.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

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