English Explanatory Dictionary

haves

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The wealthy or privileged, contrasted to those who are poor or deprived: the have-nots.
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of have

Pronunciation

/hævz/

Word forms

haves

Etymology

From have + -s, from Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *kap-. See have for details.

Synonyms

has

Antonyms

have-nots
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