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See definition of pawn on Dictionary.com
  • nounsecurity for a loan
  • nounperson who is a fool
  • verbgive as security for a loan

synonyms for pawn

  • assurance
  • bond
  • collateral
  • earnest
  • forfeit
  • gage
  • gambit
  • guarantee
  • guaranty
  • pledge
  • security
  • token
  • warrant
See also synonyms for: pawned
  • dupe
  • patsy
  • puppet
  • stooge
  • creature
  • instrument
  • mark
  • pigeon
  • sucker
  • tool
  • toy
  • victim
  • deposit
  • hazard
  • hock
  • hook
  • mortgage
  • pledge
  • give in earnest
On this page you'll find 57 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pawn, such as: assurance, bond, collateral, earnest, forfeit, and gage.

antonyms for pawn

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  • break
  • uncertainty
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      He is a possible solution to the Nationals’ need for middle-of-the-order offense — and not just another pawn in Pittsburgh’s low-cost rebuild.
      IN JOSH BELL, THE NATIONALS ADDED A BIG BAT. NOW MIKE RIZZO MIGHT SEARCH FOR ANOTHER.JESSE DOUGHERTYDECEMBER 26, 2020WASHINGTON POST
      Many pawn businesses are multigenerational not only in ownership but in customers.
      IT’S EASY TO ASSUME PAWNSHOPS ARE DOING GREAT IN THE PANDEMIC. IT’S ALSO WRONG.EMILY STEWARTNOVEMBER 30, 2020VOX
      Perry Lewin has been in the pawn industry for 28 years, but he’s never quite seen a year like this one.
      IT’S EASY TO ASSUME PAWNSHOPS ARE DOING GREAT IN THE PANDEMIC. IT’S ALSO WRONG.EMILY STEWARTNOVEMBER 30, 2020VOX
      Continuing to prop him up in the media as a political pawn leaves them unable to do so.
      DAVID DORN’S DAUGHTERS REBUKE POLITICIZING OF FATHER’S DEATH AT RNCHOPE WRIGHTAUGUST 28, 2020ESSENCE.COM
      Some scientists fear that the vaccine could become a pawn in American election politics and have cautioned against distributing an untested injection.
      RUSSIA SAYS IT HAS A COVID VACCINE CALLED “SPUTNIK-V”ANTONIO REGALADOAUGUST 11, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
      She never dreamed that she herself was a pawn in the game that was intended to bring Nana Sahib to Delhi.
      THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
      Rat this pawn of the Eye may have been, but even a cornered rat will fight with the courage of a lion.
      HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUS
      Afterwards she married one of the most noted scamps in Paris, who wanted a pretty wife as a pawn in some game of his.
      THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWNFRED M. WHITE
      To be checkmated by an 'errant' pawn in the very middle of the board is a most ignominious way of losing the game.
      CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCER
      In default of the usual bazaars OLeary had returned with the spoils of half a dozen pawn-shops.
      THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSON
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      WORDS RELATED TO PAWN

      • bond
      • collateral
      • guarantee
      • pawn
      • pledge
      • recognizance
      • security
      • surety
      • warrant
      • warranty
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