Synonyms of endowing

endowing

verb

present participle of endow

1

as in gifting

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

a young performer endowed with a great singing voice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gifting
• blessing
• equipping
• providing
• favoring
• investing
• supplying
• enduing
• granting
• awarding
• empowering
• enabling
• enhancing
• according
• bequeathing
• clothing
• enriching
• heightening
• conferring (on)
• covering
• bestowing (on or upon)
• willing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stripping
• divesting
• draining
• depleting
• dispossessing
• exhausting
• stinting
• skimping

2

as in funding

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

a wealthy businessman who endowed several museums

Synonyms & Similar Words

• funding
• establishing
• financing
• subsidizing
• supporting
• granting
• organizing
• contributing
• founding
• donating
• awarding
• promoting
• bequeathing
• sponsoring
• subscribing
• underwriting
• backing
• capitalizing
• investing (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receiving
• drawing
• defunding
• disendowing
• subsisting

3

as in financing

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

• funding
• financing
• subsidizing
• supporting
• capitalizing
• staking
• underwriting
• endorsing
• bankrolling
• sponsoring
• aiding
• maintaining
• advocating
• backing
• championing
• paying
• defraying
• nourishing
• standing
• patronizing
• liquidating
• refinancing
• refunding
• providing (for)
• discharging
• grubstaking
• cofinancing
• footing
• settling
• paying off
• springing (for)
• paying up
• recompensing
• clearing
• quitting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defunding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of endowing

Much of the series is set in claustrophobic corridors, backrooms and basements, endowing it with the sense of a labyrinth that its anti-terror agents have to navigate. — John Hopewell, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026

An essential state role, parallel to provisioning basic services like education and healthcare, is endowing a wide open aesthetic field of form and meaning and collective sensibility. — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Gorgoni shot his images in the snow, endowing Shift with a stark graphic identity devoid of human occupancy. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

This information can indirectly influence national discussions by endowing them with more credibility. — Marlen Bartsch, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026

Through flashbacks and leaps ahead in time, fragmentation and fantasy scenes, the film simulates complexity while endowing its characters with mere crumbs of knowledge and experience. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026

As public funding for higher education has eroded, universities have increasingly turned to wealthy donors to underwrite major projects and supplement budgets by endowing professorships and research centers. — Yana Van Der Meulen Rodgers, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026

Nimer explains that following this money isn’t typically as direct as Sylvester endowing a second faculty chair this week in the DCC’s name. — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the junta chief Min Aung Hlaing met in Moscow in May to discuss cooperation, endowing the junta with an air of global legitimacy. — Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025