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How does the verb furnish contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of furnish are accoutre, appoint, equip, and outfit. While all these words mean "to supply one with what is needed," furnish implies the provision of any or all essentials for performing a function.

a sparsely furnished apartment

When would accoutre be a good substitute for furnish?

The synonyms accoutre and furnish are sometimes interchangeable, but accoutre suggests the supplying of personal dress or equipment for a special activity.

fully accoutred members of a polar expedition

When is appoint a more appropriate choice than furnish?

The words appoint and furnish can be used in similar contexts, but appoint implies provision of complete and usually elegant or elaborate equipment or furnishings.

a lavishly appointed apartment

When can equip be used instead of furnish?

While the synonyms equip and furnish are close in meaning, equip suggests the provision of something making for efficiency in action or use.

a fully equipped kitchen

Where would outfit be a reasonable alternative to furnish?

While in some cases nearly identical to furnish, outfit implies provision of a complete list or set of articles as for a journey, an expedition, or a special occupation.

outfitted the family for a ski trip

Examples Sentences

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Recent Examples of furnish Andrew Maddock, 29, a full-time content creator, spent the last year and a half renovating and furnishing his one-bedroom apartment in Chicago. The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025 If there’s some relief in the housing market, HomeGoods should see additional upside as consumers furnish their new homes. Paulina Likos, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2024 Other cities around the planet had heavy industries and daily traffic jams, but L.A.’s geography furnishes its sky with a long memory. Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2025 Each day brought new costs: $47,000 for an HVAC system; $170,000 to the general contractor; $130,000 to stock the playground and furnish the building. ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for furnish 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for furnish
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  • More broadly, however, experts have told PEOPLE that urban infrastructure is not currently equipped to battle the kinds of firestorms like the one that swept through L.A. this month, fueled in large part by viciously strong winds.
    Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Just four months ago, in mid-September, the Brigade’s first 50 members, ranging in age from their mid-20s to mid-70s, were formally taught, equipped, and deployed as official volunteers.
    Emma Marie Jenkinson, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • A little more than 10 percent of the property was designated for commercial activities to provide tax revenue that would help pay for the development and maintenance of the public parks and recreational uses.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Jon will then walk through the home and can provide an offer price within 24 hours.
    Archway Homes, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
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  • Indianapolis Colts Tyler Warren | TE | Penn State Warren is a do-it-all tight end who can make plays from multiple alignments, supplying Anthony Richardson with a go-to target.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
  • What exactly we were being inspired to do, besides fire up Netflix or Apple TV+, remained unstated — an early red flag that this new kind of Hollywood power player could not be counted on to supply studios with an appetite for risk.
    Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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  • Acquiring Plum gives a veteran guard to the Sparks young core of Rickea Jackson and Cameron Brink and reunites her with her former Aces teammate Dearica Hamby.
    Doug Feinberg, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The rise in right-wing extremism — not least in Germany, where the far-right AfD party is running second in the polls — gives The Investigation a current relevance, but director Kahl says current politics was not on his mind.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025

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“Furnish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furnish. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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