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noun

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as in treaty
a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples hoped to bring about a peace accord between the warring nations

Synonyms & Similar Words

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How does the verb accord contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of accord are award, concede, grant, and vouchsafe. While all these words mean "to give as a favor or a right," accord implies giving to another what is due or proper.

accorded all the honors befitting a head of state

When might award be a better fit than accord?

Although the words award and accord have much in common, award implies giving what is deserved or merited usually after a careful weighing of pertinent factors.

awarded the company a huge defense contract

When is it sensible to use concede instead of accord?

While in some cases nearly identical to accord, concede implies yielding something reluctantly in response to a rightful or compelling claim.

even her critics concede she can be charming

Where would grant be a reasonable alternative to accord?

In some situations, the words grant and accord are roughly equivalent. However, grant implies giving to a claimant or petitioner something that could be withheld.

granted them a new hearing

When is vouchsafe a more appropriate choice than accord?

While the synonyms vouchsafe and accord are close in meaning, vouchsafe implies granting something as a courtesy or an act of gracious condescension.

vouchsafed the secret to only a few chosen disciples

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of accord
Noun
The employees were either terminated by the station or walked out on their own accord after declining to sign a strict noncompete addendum on their contracts. Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 28 Oct. 2025 The war produced strains, but the agreements survived, notes Erel Margalit, a prominent Israeli venture capitalist who began doing business in Gulf states after the accords were signed. Greg Myre, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025 Robinson reportedly left on her own accord and was not fired. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Oct. 2025 If the continent’s two largest economies demonstrated a strong commitment to regional integration and trade, investors would be more inclined to take advantage of the accord and commit to production in the region, stimulating further cooperation across the free trade area. Amaka Anku, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for accord
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accord
Verb
  • The watches coincide with active weather patterns and gusty winds, increasing the potential for tree damage and road closures that can complicate commutes and disrupt essential services.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • As more people buy a ticket for a particular day, prices go up—meaning high ticket prices will coincide with a busier day on the mountain.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The final shape of Fence was to be determined by whatever land-use permissions were granted to the Christos.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Presidents before Roosevelt largely kept their distance from the press and only occasionally granted interviews.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Since the aging vessels of the shadow fleet do not meet these requirements, such a treaty would deny them entry into the straits.
    Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2025
  • In 1992, more than 150 countries signed a UN treaty to limit the alarming rise of planet-heating pollution.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The classified documents case was one of two federal cases that were dropped in accordance with a longstanding Department of Justice policy not to prosecute a sitting president.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement In the 1940s, the Department of Defense was given its current name, and department officials were titled in accordance.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The agreement includes bipartisan bills worked out by the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund parts of government — food aid, veterans programs and the legislative branch, among other things.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2025
  • There’s near-universal agreement from all kinds of housing observers that the affordability crisis is one of (non)-supply and demand.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • That figure, which is provided by payrolls processing company ADP, beat the Dow Jones consensus estimate for an increase of 22,000.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But precisely because nobody could win the argument, no consensus was reached.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The best heroes are beloved because their choices — admirable, messy, or otherwise — are hard ones made in service of something greater.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The two were impeccably dressed as Gomez and Morticia Addams, which is a canonically Gay couple costume choice — Lakshmi, as Morticia, was holding scissors in one of the posts, for crying out loud.
    James Factora, Them., 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Even prior to the coup, the system was set up such that all proceeds from sales by state-enterprises like MTE were deposited into the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank’s roughly 50 accounts in corresponding banks across the world.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The series tends to correspond more with how most historical accounts view Guiteau, understanding him through the lens of mental illness.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Accord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accord. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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