What does for mean?
For means (formal, literary) Because..
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/fɔː/ · conjunction
(formal, literary) Because..
I had to stay with my wicked stepmother, for I had nowhere else to go.
[…]Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly.
[…]nor is there found, in sea or on land, a sweeter or pleasanter of gifts than she; for she is prime in comeliness and seemlihead of face and symmetrical shape of perfect grace; her check is ruddy dight, her brow flower white, her teeth gem-bright, her eyes blackest black and whitest white, her hips of heavy weight, her waist slight and her favour exquisite.
"By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."
Let me root, root, root for the home team, / If they don't win, it's a shame. / For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out, / At the old ball game.
The astronauts headed for the moon.
Run for the hills!
He was headed for the door when he remembered.
Use for when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
For means (formal, literary) Because..
Common synonyms include given that, seeing that.
Possible antonyms include against, at.
I had to stay with my wicked stepmother, for I had nowhere else to go.
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