BESTOWED (ON OR UPON) Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

bestowed (on or upon)

verb

past tense of bestow (on or upon)

as in conferred (on)

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The Chiefs opened their free agency by handing Reid a reason to run the ball more and provided him an avenue toward running it more effectively.

— Sam McDowell July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
On a warm summer evening with the sun setting behind the lawn, the amphitheater provided a fitting backdrop for Mellencamp’s heartland rock.

— Jamie Graziano, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

Definition of provided

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Their objective is re-supplied by a prompt or harness on every run rather than held internally and defended, it is scoped to a single evaluation rather than pursued without end, and it gets dropped the moment a human redirects the system.

— Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Held here in God’s presence, we each are seen as whole, supplied, loved, purely good, and entirely spiritual.

— Mark Swinney, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026

Definition of supplied

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Deadpool, clad in his gray X-Force costume, appeared in the crowd — but never removed his mask to show who was underneath.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 July 2026
Yeoh turned to Schiaparelli for her attire, clad in a classic black and white look with pops of gold throughout.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 July 2026

Definition of clothed

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Meanwhile, teams in Spain will launch six balloons equipped with 360-degree cameras and ozone-monitoring instruments.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Just across the sea lie North Korea, China and Russia, which all have powerful spying capacities that Japan isn’t fully equipped to fend off.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

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