Synonyms of endowment

endowment

noun

in-ˈdau̇-mənt 

as in talent

a special and usually inborn ability

it's a sin to waste one's God-given endowments

Synonyms & Similar Words

• talent
• gift
• aptitude
• knack
• faculty
• flair
• genius
• affinity
• bent
• tendency
• head
• eye
• ear
• capacity
• impulse
• disposition
• skill
• propensity
• inclination
• instinct
• mind
• predisposition
• feel
• facility
• nose
• bias
• predilection
• power
• capability
• penchant
• partiality
• proficiency
• turn
• competence
• potential
• proclivity
• way
• touch
• habitude
• specialty
• leaning
• hang
• speciality
• specialism
• forte

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disability
• inability
• handicap
• incapacity
• weakness
• shortcoming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of endowment

Average share of university endowment portfolios invested in alternative assets, according to the 2025 NACUBO-Commonfund study of endowments. — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

The same year, students at Georgetown University demanded that the administration set aside an endowment equal to the profit from an 1838 slave sale that helped pay off the university’s debt to recruit Black professors. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

After his death in 2018 from brain cancer, a graduate fellowship endowment was created in his honor at the University of Louisville’s engineering school, per the school’s website. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

Armstrong argued that only a permanent endowment generating enough investment income to cover most annual costs would justify reinstatement. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026