Definition for Serve:

• To make legal service opon a person named in a writ, summons, etc.; as, to serve a witness with a subp/na.

Synonyms for Serve:

• n.

  •
  • complete,
  • carry out.
  •
  • toil,
  • labor.
  •
  • call for,
  • agree.
  •
  • do for.
  •
  • put in.
  •
  • play,
  • pass.
  •
  • ball.
  •
  • boot.
  •
  • overcharge,
  • clerk.
  •act (noun)
  • service.
  •serve (noun)
  • dish,
  • process,
  • swear out.

• v.

  •act, do (verb)
  • fulfill,
  • obey,
  • carry on,
  • accept,
  • go through,
  • attend,
  • hearken,
  • be employed by,
  • discharge,
  • observe.
  •aid (verb)
  • minister,
  • sustain,
  • relieve,
  • facilitate,
  • mother,
  • support,
  • tend,
  • fund,
  • abet,
  • motivate,
  • endow.
  •aid, help; supply (verb)
  • distribute,
  • wait on,
  • provision,
  • succor,
  • present,
  • deliver,
  • set out,
  • HIT,
  • be of assistance,
  • arrange,
  • dish up,
  • work for,
  • give.
  •apply (verb)
  • exercise,
  • effect,
  • exert,
  • use,
  • employ,
  • implement,
  • utilize,
  • apply,
  • conduct.
  •assist (verb)
  • back,
  • favor,
  • uphold.
  •benefit (verb)
  • better,
  • contribute,
  • do good.
  •give (verb)
  • dole,
  • extend,
  • grant,
  • consign,
  • dispense,
  • shower,
  • impart,
  • lavish,
  • devote,
  • expend,
  • offer,
  • bestow,
  • share,
  • ration,
  • disburse,
  • render,
  • supply,
  • ascribe,
  • send,
  • bequeath,
  • furnish,
  • allow,
  • pledge,
  • tender,
  • attribute,
  • donate,
  • allot,
  • award,
  • assign,
  • lend.
  •obey (verb)
  • submit,
  • acquiesce,
  • defer,
  • comply,
  • conform.
  •suffice; do the work of (verb)
  • make,
  • answer the purpose,
  • be acceptable,
  • fit,
  • do duty as,
  • content.
  •suit (verb)
  • become,
  • dovetail,
  • please.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • purvey,
  • accommodate,
  • cater for,
  • sleep,
  • cater,
  • subserve,
  • undercharge,
  • feed.
  •
  • outfit.
  •
  • afford,
  • last,
  • prepare.
  •
  • yield.
  •
  • advantage.
  •accompany
  • squire.
  •act
  • practice,
  • perform.
  •aid
  • lend a hand,
  • go with.
  •assist
  • work with,
  • take care of.
  •benefit
  • pay off,
  • fill the bill,
  • do the trick.
  •dish out
  • serve up,
  • give out.
  •enroll
  • enroll.
  •handle
  • make the grade.
  •obey
  • play second fiddle.
  •represent
  • act as,
  • act for,
  • serve as.
  •satisfy
  • comply with,
  • serve the purpose,
  • be sufficient,
  • conform to.
  •suffice
  • be good enough.
  •suit
  • beseem.

Paraphrases for Serve:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    serving.
  • Proper noun, singular
    serving.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    serving.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    TBS.
  • Noun, plural
    uses, meals, PERKS, pints, guys.
  • Adverb
    best.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    states, contribute, cater, represent, constitute, fulfill, perform, sit, earn, offer, facilitate, have, enable, observe, form, permit, promote, fill.
  • Verb, base form
    condemns, contribute, cater, represent, constitute, fulfill, perform, sit, earn, offer, accomplish, integrate, integrated, signify, utilize, behave, facilitate, have, enable, observe, form, permit, promote, fill.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    servants, needs, service.
  • Noun, plural
    purposes.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    service, waitressing.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    provide, operate, fulfil, service, participate, accommodate, assist, deserve.
  • Verb, base form
    Addressing, provide, operate, fulfil, service, comply, purge, participate, Occupying, accommodate, pursue, assist, feed.

Antonyms for Serve:

• v.

  • act, do
    idle, miss, fail, deny, ignore, disregard, laze, stop, halt, neglect.
  • aid, help; supply
    take, refuse, withhold, keep, refrain, receive, hold.
  • suffice; do the work of
    lose, anger, dissatisfy, destroy, displease.
  • Other antonyms:
    hinder, impede, distress, afflict, hurt, damage, impair, upset, harm, injure.

Homophones for Serve:

• scurfy, shrive, shore up, scribe, surf, seraph, soar up, shrubby, survive, survey, scrape by, scrapheap, square off, swerve, swear off, scruff, scare off, scarp, scrape, saccharify, shrub, sarape, scrub up, sherpa, scruffy, scurf, Sus Scrofa, syrup, serf, syrupy, sheriff, scurvy, screw up, serbia, serif, SERV, skiagraph, sharp, serve up, sharpie, scrapie, screwup, serb, scarab, scrape up, scarf, sugar pea, servo, serape, square up, scarify, sorb, scrap, scrip, sakharov, seriph, sirup, scrappy, scorpio, skiagraphy, scrub, sharpy, scrubby, Schizocarp.

Hypernym for Serve:

• n.

  • act
    fault, let, net ball, ace.

• v.

  • competition
    function, rotate, caddie, ace, officiate, act, represent, staff, caddy, sit.
  • stative
    prelude, act as, help, admit, facilitate.

Hyponym for Serve:

• n.

  • act
    tennis stroke, tennis shot.

• v.

  • competition
    go, move, work, do work.
  • social
    work, do work.
  • stative
    serve, effectuate, set up, suffice, pass, spend, DO, answer, effect.