Synonyms and Antonyms of serve

synonym (synonym of serve)

  • (noun.act)
    service
    (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play (noun.act)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    function
    serve a purpose, role, or function (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    help
    help to some food; help with food or drink (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    dish, dish out, dish up, serve up
    provide (usually but not necessarily food) (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    serve well
    promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    do
    spend time in prison or in a labor camp (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.social)
    assist, attend, attend to, wait on
    work for or be a servant to (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    process, swear out
    deliver a warrant or summons to someone (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    answer, do, suffice
    be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    service, tread
    mate with (verb.contact)
     

hypernym (serve IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play (noun.act)
    tennis shot, tennis stroke
    the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket (noun.act)
     
  • be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity (verb.stative)
    fulfil, fulfill, live up to, satisfy
    meet the requirements or expectations of (verb.stative)
     
  • be used by; as of a utility (verb.social)
    function, go, operate, run, work
    perform as expected when applied (verb.contact)
     
  • contribute or conduce to (verb.stative)
    effect, effectuate, set up
    produce (verb.creation)
     
  • deliver a warrant or summons to someone (verb.contact)
    deliver
    bring to a destination, make a delivery (verb.contact)
     
  • devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas (verb.social)
    work
    exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity (verb.social)
     
  • do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function (verb.competition)
    do work, work
    be employed (verb.social)
     
  • mate with (verb.contact)
    copulate, couple, mate, pair
    engage in sexual intercourse (verb.contact)
     
  • promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to (verb.stative)
    foster, nurture
    help develop, help grow (verb.communication)
     
  • provide (usually but not necessarily food) (verb.consumption)
    cater, ply, provide, supply
    give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance (verb.consumption)
     
  • put the ball into play (verb.competition)
    go, move
    have a turn; make one's move in a game (verb.competition)
     
  • serve a purpose, role, or function (verb.stative)
    answer, do, serve, suffice
    be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity (verb.stative)
     
  • spend time in prison or in a labor camp (verb.stative)
    pass, spend
    pass time in a specific way (verb.stative)
     
  • work for or be a servant to (verb.social)
    aid, assist, help
    give help or assistance; be of service (verb.social)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF serve relation)

  • (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play (noun.act)
    ace
    a serve that the receiver is unable to reach (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    fault
    (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    let, net ball
    a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again (noun.act)
     
  • be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity (verb.stative)
    bridge over, keep going, tide over
    suffice for a period between two points (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    go a long way
    suffice or be adequate for a while or to a certain extent (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    function, serve
    serve a purpose, role, or function (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    measure up, qualify
    prove capable or fit; meet requirements (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    go around
    be sufficient (verb.stative)
     
  • contribute or conduce to (verb.stative)
    facilitate, help
    be of use (verb.stative)
     
  • deliver a warrant or summons to someone (verb.contact)
    subpoena
    serve or summon with a subpoena (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    rinse, wash
    clean with some chemical process (verb.contact)
     
  • do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function (verb.competition)
    sit
    serve in a specific professional capacity (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.competition)
    staff
    serve on the staff of (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.competition)
    act
    discharge one's duties (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.competition)
    rotate
    perform a job or duty on a rotating basis (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.competition)
    function, officiate
    perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.competition)
    caddie, caddy
    act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.social)
    represent
    be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing th more.. (verb.social)
     
  • mate with (verb.contact)
    stand
    be available for stud services (verb.contact)
     
  • provide (usually but not necessarily food) (verb.consumption)
    plank
    cook and serve on a plank (verb.consumption)
     
  • serve a purpose, role, or function (verb.stative)
    prelude
    serve as a prelude or opening to (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    act as
    function as or act like (verb.stative)
     
  • spend time in prison or in a labor camp (verb.stative)
    admit
    serve as a means of entrance (verb.stative)
     
  • work for or be a servant to (verb.social)
    valet
    serve as a personal attendant to (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    fag
    act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools (verb.social)
     

verb group (serve is verb group of ....)

  • be used by; as of a utility (verb.social)
    function, serve
    serve a purpose, role, or function (verb.stative)
     
  • contribute or conduce to (verb.stative)
    serve, serve well
    promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to (verb.stative)
     
  • devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas (verb.social)
    assist, attend, attend to, serve, wait on
    work for or be a servant to (verb.social)
     
  • do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function (verb.competition)
    serve
    do military service (verb.social)
     
  • help to some food; help with food or drink (verb.consumption)
    dish, dish out, dish up, serve, serve up
    provide (usually but not necessarily food) (verb.consumption)
     
  • provide (usually but not necessarily food) (verb.consumption)
    help, serve
    help to some food; help with food or drink (verb.consumption)
     
  • serve a purpose, role, or function (verb.stative)
    serve, service
    be used by; as of a utility (verb.social)
     

derivation (.... is derived from serve)

  • (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play (noun.act)
    serve
    put the ball into play (verb.competition)
     
  • be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity (verb.stative)
    adequacy, sufficiency
    the quality of being sufficient for the end in view (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.quantity)
    enough, sufficiency
    an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose (noun.quantity)
     
  • (noun.state)
    sufficiency
    sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations (noun.state)
     
  • (adj.all)
    sufficient
    of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant (adj.all)
     
  • be used by; as of a utility (verb.social)
    service
    a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation (noun.group)
     
  • deliver a warrant or summons to someone (verb.contact)
    process, summons
    a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against more.. (noun.communication)
     
  • help to some food; help with food or drink (verb.consumption)
    helping, portion, serving
    an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal (noun.food)
     
  • (noun.person)
    server, waiter
    a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant) (noun.person)
     
  • mate with (verb.contact)
    service, servicing
    the act of mating by male animals (noun.act)
     
  • promote, benefit, or be useful or beneficial to (verb.stative)
    handmaid, handmaiden, servant
    in a subordinate position (noun.state)
     
  • provide (usually but not necessarily food) (verb.consumption)
    dish
    a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.quantity)
    dish, dishful
    the quantity that a dish will hold (noun.quantity)
     
  • put the ball into play (verb.competition)
    serve, service
    (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    server
    (court games) the player who serves to start a point (noun.person)
     
  • serve a purpose, role, or function (verb.stative)
    function, purpose, role, use
    what something is used for (noun.attribute)
     
  • work for or be a servant to (verb.social)
    aid, assist, assistance, help
    the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    attendant, attender, tender
    someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    retainer, servant
    a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    servitor
    someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else (noun.person)
     

domain category (serve is domain category of ....)

  • (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play (noun.act)
    squash, squash rackets, squash racquets
    a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    badminton
    a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    lawn tennis, tennis
    a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court (noun.act)
     
  • put the ball into play (verb.competition)
    court game
    an athletic game played on a court (noun.act)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym verb group derivation domain category service function help dish serve well tennis shot tennis stroke go move do work work ace fault let net ball sit staff help dish dish out function assist service server dish dishful squash squash rackets squash racquets badminton lawn tennis tennis
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