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receive has 12 distinct synonyms spread across 8 of its 13 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.
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
“get an idea”
accept as true or valid
“He received Christ”
convert into sounds or pictures
“receive the incoming radio signals”
have or give a reception
“The lady is receiving Sunday morning”
partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
regard favorably or with disapproval
“Her new collection of poems was not well received”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for receive come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.