supply

1. 1.

   an amount of something available for use

   Broaderindefinite quantity

   Narrowerreservoir
2. 2.

   offering goods and services for sale

   Antonymsdemand

   Broadereconomic process
3. 3.

   the activity of supplying or providing something

   Synonymsprovisionsupplying

   Broaderactivity

   Narrowerirrigationfeedingfuelinghealthcare deliveryissuelogisticspurveyancestockingsubvention

Other forms of supply

plural

supplies·

past tense or participle

supplied

present participle

supplying·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about supply

What does supply mean?

supply means "give something useful or necessary to". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in supply?

supply has 2 syllables: sup-ply. The stress falls on "ply". In IPA it is /səˈplaɪ/.

What is another word for supply?

Close synonyms include provide, render, furnish, issue, provide. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of supply?

The recorded antonyms are demand.

Is supply a common word?

supply is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with supply?

8 words rhyme with supply. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.