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patent has 8 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 7 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
obtain a patent for
“Should I patent this invention?”
grant rights to; grant a patent for
make open to sight or notice
“His behavior has patented an embarrassing fact about him”
a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
an official document granting a right or privilege
1 of the 7 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for patent.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for patent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.