CHARTERS Synonyms: 124 Similar and Opposite Words

charters 1 of 2

noun

plural of charter

as in treaties

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as in grants

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charters

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of charter

as in rents

to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum charter a boat

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as in enables

British to give official or legal power to a London firm seeking the services of a chartered accountant

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Recent Examples of charters

Noun

Shifting charters The warfare isn’t helping the lucrative charter business. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2026

Verb

The industry now builds the rooms, charters the shuttles, and saves the yacht seats. — Taylor Reilly, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 The company charters Explorer-class ships, limiting capacity to roughly 180 travelers. — Malika Bowling, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026 The law that charters the Fed allows the president to dismiss policymakers for cause, which is generally interpreted to mean gross professional negligence or malfeasance. — New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025 The airline also charters a Bombardier Global 6000, which seats 13 but is limited to 11 for these flights, and Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV, which seats 12 but is limited to 10. — Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for charters

Noun

This is not, currently, an option for American productions which don’t have the mechanism, treaties, or federal tax incentive required for the lift.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2026
King managed to take the suffocating history of the Indian — the treaties, the massacres, the Hollywood caricatures — and turn it into something conversational, even funny.

— Tommy Orange, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of treaties

Noun

Among the grants that were eliminated, frozen or delayed were ones related to maternal health in Michigan, education research in Mississippi and assistance to minority farmers in Iowa, the researchers found.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
That scrutiny has been applied to researchers applying for new grants as well.

— Anil Oza, STAT, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of grants

Verb

Equinix, by contrast, rents out space in its facilities to customers of all shapes and sizes that can run servers on a variety of compute platforms, from Nvidia to AMD.

— Isabel O'Brien,Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
The state now rents those beds to ICE for $291 per detainee per day.

— Ella Siegrist, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of rents

Verb

Technology that enables digital product creation, like 3D design software, is already helping accelerate progress.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
Combining this with company policies and purchase history provides the remaining context that enables agents to work effectively.

— Alex Saric, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of enables

Noun

Oak Park and Evanston have decided to end their Flock contracts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
Mayor Castillo told the Sun Sentinel on Friday that any financial implications for residents and whether the city will terminate its current contracts remain unclear.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of contracts

Noun

The evening was beautiful, strange, and so far removed from the prerogatives of retail as to suggest that its entire purpose was not to have one.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
But my ultimate loyalty rests with the Constitution, which gives certain prerogatives to Congress.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of prerogatives

Verb

In order to solidify his cover in Tehran and throw off the story’s villain, Qasim (Navid Negahban, Kandahar), Tucker hires a young Iranian-American woman, Zara (Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi, very good), to pose as his wife.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
Every customer-facing member of the retail staff is an optician; when Ahlem hires someone who is not yet qualified, the company funds the training.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026