Synonyms of rents

rents 1 of 2

noun

plural of rent

1

as in slits

a long deep cut

getting her skirt caught on a nail resulted in a four-inch rent that she couldn't possibly repair

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slits
• tears
• fractures
• scratches
• slashes
• injuries
• rips
• lacerations
• scores
• incisions
• gashes
• wounds
• scrapes
• abrasions
• cracks
• snags
• ruptures

2

as in gaps

an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)

peered through the rent in the old garden wall for a glimpse of her mysterious new neighbor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gaps
• holes
• crevices
• openings
• intervals
• cracks
• breaches
• discontinuities
• fissures
• breaks
• rifts
• voids
• interstices
• slits
• separations
• slots
• splits
• clefts
• hiatuses
• fractures
• crannies
• pores
• gulfs
• apertures
• cavities
• notches
• chinks
• interspaces
• orifices
• chasms
• ruptures
• severances
• gapes
• abysses

rents

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of rent

1

as in leases

to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment

we rented the apartment to a college student for $500 a month

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leases
• hires
• lets
• sublets
• charters
• subleases
• lodges
• engages
• rack-rents

2

as in hires

to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum

will need to rent a car while we're in Europe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hires
• leases
• charters
• engages
• sublets
• subleases
• orders
• books
• reserves
• arranges (for)
• contracts (for)
• checks out
• signs up (for)
• bespeaks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rents

Noun

Luhring Augustine moved into the 3,500-square-foot space in September 2020, as galleries flooded the neighborhood, lured by the low rents spawned by the Covid-19 crisis. — News Desk, Artforum, 2 Oct. 2026

In some buildings using RealPage, rents jumped by as much as 33 percent in a single year — more than eight times the increase in a comparable building that didn’t use the software. — Lindsay Owens, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

Gentrifying neighborhoods also experience an extraordinary rise in housing prices and rents. — Ira Goldstein, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Tens of thousands of people periodically march in major cities demanding action from lawmakers and blaming real estate speculators as well as tourist apartment platforms like Airbnb for rising rents. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

San Francisco rents are rising significantly faster than other parts of the country and even other parts of the Bay Area, the company found. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

The Yes campaign’s website argues CEQA contributes to the state’s cost-of-living challenges by driving up mortgage rates, rents and sucking up tax dollars. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026

The case has brought new attention to an ongoing housing crisis in major cities across Spain, as gentrification has caused rents to skyrocket and the stock of affordable housing to shrink, leading to growing public anger. — Jamie Gray, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026

The workforce apartment rents would be $3,338 for two bedrooms, $3,881 for three and $4,346 for four. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026

Verb

Dan Pfoltzer, a 75-year-old school bus driver who rents a small home in Nassau, New York, has been warily watching oil heat prices for months. — Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

According to Page Six, Earle rents a luxury two-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles. — India Roby, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026

The apartment, which Jordan rents for $2,300 and found on Westside Rentals, already had character including a Spanish-style rounded entryway that goes from the living room to the dining room. — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Equinix, by contrast, rents out space in its facilities to customers of all shapes and sizes that can run servers on a variety of compute platforms, from Nvidia to AMD. — Isabel O'Brien,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

The state now rents those beds to ICE for $291 per detainee per day. — Ella Siegrist, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026

For example, letting a distant family member stay at a second home without formal documentation, or if someone owns one or more properties and rents them out, but the tenants don’t have documentation that the unit is their primary residence. — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Modern Apothecary now rents that space to local vendors or community members to host arts and crafts classes, botanical classes, poetry nights and other things. — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2026

Red Door Stay also rents four traditional cabins, some sleeping up to 16 guests. — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 9 Aug. 2026