Unscramble bid

Definition of bid

noun:

• an authoritative direction or instruction to do something. Synonyms: bidding, command, dictation.
• an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power", "he made a bid to gain attention". Synonyms: play.
• a formal proposal to buy at a specified price. Synonyms: tender.
• (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make. Synonyms: bidding.

verb:

• propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting". Synonyms: offer, tender.
• invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening", "bid farewell". Synonyms: wish.
• ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons". Synonyms: adjure, beseech, conjure, entreat, press.
• make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump". Synonyms: call.
• make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population".
• ask someone in a friendly way to do something. Synonyms: invite.

Related words

allure, behest, challenge, charge, commandment, commission, congratulate, contract, countermand, declaration, direction, double, felicitate, injunction, order, outbid, outcall, overbid, overcall, preempt, raise, subscribe, takeout, tempt, underbid.

Words nearby

aid, bad, bd, bed, bi, bib, bida, bide, big, bin, bind, bird, bit, biz, bod, bud, bvd, cid, id, kid, lid, mid, pid, rid, yid.

Rhymes with

cid, forbid, forbid, grid, hasid, id, kid, kidd, kyd, lid, madrid, mid, quid, rid, skid, squid.