Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "loan" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

borrow

Capable Of

bridge gap in income gain interest give cash

Defined As

act of borrowing

Derived Terms

NINA loan NINJA loan air loan auto loan back-to-back loan behest loan blanket loan bridge loan bridging loan bullet loan call loan caveat loan collateralized loan obligation conventional mortgage loan director's loan false loan home loan installment loan interlibrary loan interloan juice loan learned loan liar loan liberty loan loan blend loan car loan coinage loan creation loan formation loan meaning loan officer loan rendering loan rendition loan shark loan sharking loan term loan translation loan word loan-back loan-blend loanability loanable loanback loanblend loanholder loanmonger loanshark loanshift loanword loanworthy low-doc loan maritime loan microloan miniloan non-performing loan on loan on-loan payday loan permanent loan pseudo-loan purpose loan reloan reloan revolving loan savings and loan savings and loan association secured loan semantic loan semi-learned loan soft loan standby loan stated income loan stock loan student loan swing loan term loan time loan title loan upstream loan

Distinct From

confer lend

Etymologically Related To

lawn lend

Context

banking finance scotland us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bailment debt give word

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

commodatum mutuum

Type Of (IsA)

bailment commercial transaction between two people debt way of borrowing money

Related Terms

borrow borrowing borrowing money consideration credit debt interest involved lend lending lending money lonnen money money borrow money borrowing money involved valuables

Synonym Network

borrow credit lend loanword

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.