COVENANTS Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

covenants 1 of 2

noun

plural of covenant

as in treaties

a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples the two countries signed a peace covenant that, it was hoped, would put an end to decades of bitter conflict

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as in contracts

a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation I had to sign a covenant that I would return the rental car on time

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as in agreements

an arrangement about action to be taken the covenant that existed among neighbors in olden times whereby they would quickly respond to the call to help put out one another's house fires

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covenants

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verb

present tense third-person singular of covenant

as in bargains

to come to an arrangement as to a course of action a traditional rule held that a husband could not enter into a covenant with his wife, because that was the equivalent of covenanting with himself

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as in promises

to make a solemn declaration of intent the home buyers had to covenant that they would restore and keep the house for at least 10 years in exchange for a low mortgage rate

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Recent Examples of covenants

Noun

Bond and financial covenants in loans and financial transactions are an example. —

Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 Funds that cater to institutional investors focused on loans to middle-market borrowers that had more protective covenants and wider spreads, a feature that can also buffer potential losses, Gross said at Semafor World Economy in Washington, DC. —

Miles Weiss, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026 Your neighbor may be violating the covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs). —

Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026 Your neighbor may be violating the covenants, conditions and restrictions. —

Jeanne Phillips, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026 For decades, discriminatory housing policies — including redlining, racially restrictive covenants and predatory land-sale contracts — systematically extracted the very wealth from Black families that fuels neighborhood investment. —

Tonika Lewis Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026 Now, the statutory trust is no longer an area of concern, but SWP believes that the land is still subject to other restrictive covenants about development. —

Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026 Early 20th-century deed covenants explicitly barred Black, Chinese, or Japanese residents from buying or renting homes in the neighborhood. —

Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026 The county also created a mapping tool that allows the public to explore where these covenants existed and see how they were used over time. —

Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for covenants

Noun

With countries offering affordability, long-term security, tax treaties, an array of accessible visas—golden or otherwise—and lifestyle perks ranging from sunshine to accessible healthcare, Americans are finding that Europe offers both practical advantages and a sense of stability.

— Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Instead, aid may foster a form of international cooperation that does not depend on treaties or direct reciprocity between nations but emerges from ordinary people’s willingness to pass on goodwill.

— JB Bae, The Conversation, 5 May 2026