to offer

Examples

• All

• Is there anything I can offer you?

  1242: Gateway to the West (2025)

• I'm offering my protection to this lady.

  Stagecoach (1939)

• Yeah, but you offered to return it.

• The best advice the president could offer on Tuesday was this.

• I am offering you a way out.

  Hit Man (2024)

• I offered him a deal.

  Broken City (2013)

• I was hoping you could offer some sage advice.

  The Girls Bathroom

• If the students miss their goal, the teacher offers them suggestions on what to do differently.

  Academic text (2015)

• I can't believe she basically offered me a job.

  Elemental (2023)

• - May I offer you a tea or some beverage, sir?

  Come Play with Me (1977)

Synonyms

S

to suggest

vsto offer

∞ 1.6

To offer an idea or plan for others to consider

is about being willing to do or give, not only proposing ideas

V

to volunteer

vsto offer

391 2.0

To offer to help or do something without being paid

is a general statement of willingness across contexts not only unpaid help

E

to extend

vsto offer

162 3.5

To offer help, good wishes, or apologies to someone

is broader, expresses willingness or suggestion in many situations

P

to propose

vsto offer

114 3.5

To ask someone to marry you

is used in many contexts beyond marriage not only asking to marry

O

to offer up

vsto offer

28 6.3

To present a prayer, gift, or thanks as an act of religious worship

is generally used for saying willingness in daily or practical situations

T

to tender

vsto offer

• Formal

18 7.1

To offer something officially for someone to accept

is less formal and applies widely not only legal or financial cases

P

to pop the question

vsto offer

13 4.6

To ask someone to marry you

is the broader willingness to do or suggest things not only marriage

Antonyms

R

to reject

839 1.9

Refuse to accept someone or something

D

to decline

272 3.4

To say no politely to an offer or invitation

Idioms

O

offer he couldn't refuse

• Informal

1 4.9

A deal so good a person cannot say no to

O

to offer a carrot

• Informal

3.7

To give a small reward, like money or time off, to encourage someone to do something

Phrasal Verbs

O

to offer support

28 2.7

To give help to someone during a difficult time

O

to offer up

28 6.3

To present a prayer, gift, or thanks as an act of religious worship

O

to offer congratulations

• Formal

1 2.8

To tell someone you are happy for their success

O

to offer a ride

1 2.0

Take someone somewhere in your car to help them

O

to offer a seat

1 2.3

To give your seat to someone who needs it

J

to jump on the offer

3.5

To accept an offer or chance quickly before someone else does

O

to offer a dance

2.5

Invite someone to dance with you at a party

Compounds

C

contract offer

• Formal

3 3.2

A formal offer from an employer to hire someone with specific pay and terms

T

tender offer

• Specialized

2 7.5

An offer to buy a company's shares at a higher price than the market

M

marriage offer

1 3.0

To ask someone to become your husband or wife

O

offer price

• Specialized

5.5

The price a seller asks for something like a share

O

offer price

3.5

The price a buyer says they will pay for something like a house

How Willing

promise

∞ 1.0

to volunteer

391 2.0

to offer

∞ 1.0

to suggest

∞ 1.6

Surface Forms

Etymology