- Types Of Speech
- You can use afford as a verb in a sentence.
- About Afford
- A 2 syllables verb and 6 letters with the letters a, d, f, o, and r, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters fo. Afford starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters a, af, aff, affo, affor, and the ending characters are d, rd, ord, ford, fford, . Afford is also a double consonant (ff) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Be able to spare or give up; "I can''t afford to spend two hours with this person"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Afford is set as a grade six word that starts with a, ends with d, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 6 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is afford a scrabble word? A 13 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Afford in Pig Latin is said as "afforday or affordway".
- Unigram
- a | f | f | o | r | d
- Bigram
- af | ff | fo | or | rd
- Trigram
- aff | ffo | for | ord
- Quadrigram
- affo | ffor | ford
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- be able to spare or give up;
"I can't afford to spend two hours with this person" - be the cause or source of;
"He gave me a lot of trouble";
"Our meeting afforded much interesting information" - afford access to;
"the door opens to the patio";
"The French doors give onto a terrace" - have the financial means to do something or buy something;
"We can't afford to send our children to college";
"Can you afford this car?"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abandon | the trait of lacking restraint or control freedom from inhibition or worry "she danced with abandon" |
| Abide | put up with something or somebody unpleasant "I cannot bear his constant criticism" "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" "he learned to tolerate the heat" "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| Accommodate | make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" |
| Accommodate With | |
| Accord | sympathetic compatibility |
| Accost | |
| Adapt | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" |
| Address | social skill |
| Administer | give or apply (medications) |
| Allot | give out or allot "We were assigned new uniforms" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Afford
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Afford | be able to spare or give up "I can''t afford to spend two hours with this person" |
View English words with the unique letters used in afford. Words With The Letters Adfor
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Drop | the act of dropping something "they expected the drop would be successful" |
| Expend | use up, consume fully "The legislature expended its time on school questions" |
| Spend | pay out "spend money" |
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Stafford | Yes | No |
| Hafford | No | No |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward (7 letters) | 14 +1 | 14 +1 | forward | ||
| Ward Off (8 letters) | |||||
| Afford (6 letters) | 13 | 13 | afford | ||
| Draw Off (8 letters) | |||||
| Off Road (8 letters) | |||||
| Froward (7 letters) | 14 +1 | 14 +1 | forward | ||
| Forwards (8 letters) | 15 +2 | 15 +2 | forwards | ||
| Forrad (6 letters) | 10 | 10 | adforr | ||
| Forrard (7 letters) | 11 | 11 | adforrr | ||
| Fad Word (8 letters) | |||||
| Affords (7 letters) | 14 +1 | 14 +1 | affords |
Afford Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With A
- Ends With D
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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