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

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

For professors who studied literary themes and metaphors for a living, theory endowed their scholarship with the armature of a larger purpose, transforming textual analysis into jargony skirmishes in a crusade for social justice. — Emily Eakin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

So does the king’s loyal swineherd, Eumaeus (John Leguizamo), who, in this telling, has gone blind and is thus endowed with near-Tiresian powers of perception. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Official liberalism had long been almost inextricably identified with a picture of man as perfectible, as endowed with sufficient wisdom and selflessness to endure power and to use it infallibly for the general good. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

He is endowed with the gift of making his characters seem not only credible but desirable, approachable, and human, thanks to his undeniable charm. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 July 2026

The 1994 tournament also gave birth to Major League Soccer, the largest first-division league in the world, and endowed a foundation that has funded grassroots soccer development for more than a generation. — Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026