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Synonyms for endowment

Most common

gift grant faculty bequest fund foundation

Antonyms

disendowment

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Something with which a person or thing is endowed.

    We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.

Related words

Word family
endow
Phrases
endowment mortgage

Forms

Plural
endowments → gifts, bequests, faculties, talents…

Example sentences

  • gift That's the most beautiful gift I've ever received.
  • grant My father, God grant him peace, was an accountant.
  • faculty Sami wasn't supposed to miss any faculty meeting.
  • bequest He left a large bequest to the Mozilla Foundation.
  • fund There are several ways to fund postgraduate study.
  • foundation She lives at the Gorilla Foundation in California.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
endowmentsteady
giftrising
grantfalling
facultysteady
bequestfalling
fundfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
gift1, fund1, bump1
5 letters
power2, parts1, grant1, dower1
6 letters
talent2, genius2, bounty2
7 letters
present2, quality3, ability4, faculty3, caliber3, calibre, bequest2
8 letters
property3, capacity4, aptitude3
9 letters
provision3
10 letters
foundation3, capability5
12 letters
presentation4
13 letters
qualification5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (power2 = 2 syllables).

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