grant

grant

verb

Definition of GRANT

1

to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly <you will grant that she is difficult to work with>

Synonyms acknowledge, agree, allow, concede, confess, fess (up), grant, own (up to)

Related Words disburden, unburden, unload; affirm, avow, confirm, profess; accept, recognize, yield; announce, break, broadcast, communicate, declare, disclose, divulge, impart, proclaim, publish, reveal, spill, tell, unveil; betray, blab, expose, give away, inform, leak, rat, squeal, talk, tattle, tip (off), warn, wise (up); breathe, say, whisper

Near Antonyms disallow, disavow, disclaim, disown; contradict, dispute, gainsay, negate, negative; rebut, refute, reject, repudiate; conceal, cover (up), hide, obscure, veil; kid (oneself)

Antonyms deny

2

to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly <by the power vested in me, I grant you the keys to the city>

Synonyms accord, award, grant, vest

Related Words bestow, contribute, donate, give, present, show; furnish, provide, supply; extend, offer, proffer; allocate, appropriate, assign; appoint, designate, dub, fix, name, set

Near Antonyms abort, call, call off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke; abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, void, write off; recant, retract, take back, withdraw