The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - receive v.

1) get, obtain, come by, collect, take (into one's possession) , accept, be given, acquire, come into, inherit, gain, profit, make: She received a large sum of money from the sale of the house. What will he receive when his aunt dies? 2 earn, be paid, make, draw, gross, net, clear, pocket, Colloq take home, walk off or away with, US pull down: He receives a bigger weekly salary than I make in a year. 3) greet, meet, welcome; show in, give entr‚e, let in, admit: We received our guests in the foyer. 4) experience, undergo, endure, suffer, bear, sustain, be subjected to, meet with: In return for helping him all I received was a punch in the nose. 5) gather, hear, learn, ascertain, be told, be informed or notified of, find out, pick up: We only received the information yesterday that you were coming to stay for a month.