Definitions

hath

[hath] / hæθ /

VERB

be in possession

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accept acquire admit bear carry enjoy gain get hold include keep obtain own pick up possess receive retain take

STRONG

annex compass corner hog land occupy procure secure

WEAK

chalk up get hands on get hold of have in hand latch on to lock up sit on take in teem with

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abandon avoid deny disallow dispossess dispute dodge drop exclude fail forfeit forsake free give lack let go lose miss misunderstand need neglect not have offer pass refuse reject release spend stop surrender throw away yield

WEAK

kill want

VERB

endure, bear

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allow become consider enjoy experience feel know leave need permit see suffer undergo

STRONG

entertain let must sustain tolerate

WEAK

be compelled to be forced to be one's duty to be up to fall on meet with ought put up with rest with should think about

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deny disallow forget hold ignore keep neglect refuse reject

STRONG

halt stop

WEAK

exclude kill lack want

VERB

contain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

include involve

STRONG

comprehend comprise embody embrace encompass subsume

WEAK

take in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

exclude

WEAK

kill lack need want

VERB

cheat, trick

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fix

STRONG

deceive dupe fool outfox outmaneuver outsmart outwit overreach swindle undo

WEAK

buy off take in tamper with

Antonyms

WEAK

exclude kill lack need want

VERB

bring into the world

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bear deliver

STRONG

beget

WEAK

bring forth give birth

Antonyms

WEAK

exclude kill lack need want

Example Sentences

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This woebegone era of frugality hath come to its end.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Hell hath no fury like a Lily Allen scorned.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

It read: “A Sober Person, well recommended, who hath been us’d to the Employment of an Oysterman on York River, may meet with good Encouragement, on applying to Benjamin Bryan.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

And that is why I find it so compelling, and a little bit poetic, that everyone has come to hate him for what that ascent hath wrought.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

And Pomp, hearing of change, mentioned his experiments in the fluctuation of swamp-water in ditches, which he hath conducted in his idleness, but which speculations would do honor to one of our academicians.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson