Synonyms of endowed

endowed

verb

past tense of endow

1

as in gifted

to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute

a young performer endowed with a great singing voice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gifted
• blessed
• equipped
• favored
• invested
• provided
• endued
• supplied
• clothed
• empowered
• awarded
• granted
• bequeathed
• accorded
• conferred (on)
• enriched
• enabled
• enhanced
• bestowed (on or upon)
• willed
• heightened
• covered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stripped
• divested
• exhausted
• dispossessed
• drained
• depleted
• stinted
• skimped

2

as in funded

to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income

a wealthy businessman who endowed several museums

Synonyms & Similar Words

• funded
• financed
• established
• founded
• supported
• organized
• subsidized
• donated
• bequeathed
• granted
• awarded
• contributed
• promoted
• sponsored
• subscribed
• backed
• underwrote
• capitalized
• invested (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• received
• drew
• disendowed
• defunded
• subsisted

3

as in financed

to provide money for

the program to bring the arts to inner-city youths is endowed by a grant from the federal government

Synonyms & Similar Words

• funded
• financed
• subsidized
• supported
• capitalized
• staked
• bankrolled
• sponsored
• underwrote
• endorsed
• maintained
• aided
• backed
• advocated
• championed
• paid
• nourished
• provided (for)
• patronized
• stood
• paid up
• refinanced
• defrayed
• liquidated
• grubstaked
• paid off
• cofinanced
• footed
• settled
• sprang (for)
• recompensed
• discharged
• refunded
• cleared
• quit

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defunded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of endowed

The family endowed the scholarship with a donation of $25,000, but after news of Tom’s death spread, someone asked her about contributing to the fund. — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

Jordyn Woods appeared in two complimentary pieces for the event, wearing a cropped jacket endowed with dramatic burgundy feathers along with a pair of Woods by Jordyn stunt sandals with matching feathers circling the thick ankle strap. — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2026

Senna holds an immortal presence in modern Formula 1 for the manner of his racing—ferocious, endowed with grace—and for his untimely death. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

That we, as human beings, have been endowed with the ability to channel that creativity fills me with a sense of awe and wonder. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026

The show was considered an outlier in its generally sympathetic take on Hill and his conservative views, as well as in terms of the agency with which the show’s creators endowed its working- and middle-class characters. — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Aug. 2026

Someone who might have the answers is fan-favorite franchise staple Elise (Lin Shaye), a medium who commutes between both worlds, here via the body of a tattoo artist (Maisie Richardson-Sellers) endowed with paranormal gifts. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026

When a Columbus nursing home that served aging African Americans was sold, a resulting gift endowed the Isabelle Ridgway Foundation, a supporting organization of the Columbus Foundation. — Laura MacDonald, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

But they’re endowed with a fundamentally different intelligence, one shaped by a separate evolutionary path and defined by a nervous system that’s distributed throughout their bodies rather than centralized like that of the brains of most animals. — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 29 July 2026