Synonyms of gifts

gifts 1 of 2

noun

plural of gift

1

as in donations

something given to someone without expectation of a return

gave him an unusual birthday gift

Synonyms & Similar Words

• donations
• presents
• presentations
• contributions
• offerings
• bonuses
• rewards
• freebies
• giveaways
• bestowals
• largesses
• prizes
• awards
• grants
• comps
• generosities
• donatives
• handsels
• benevolences
• benefactions
• subsidies
• courtesies
• charities
• fairings
• alms
• tributes
• tithes
• lagniappes
• sacrifices
• oblations
• doles
• windfalls
• valentines
• handouts
• care packages
• tips
• bequests
• legacies
• philanthropies
• remembrances
• dowries
• boxes
• beneficences
• foys
• gratuities
• favors
• boons
• propines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loans
• advances
• bribes
• peace offerings
• sops
• douceurs

2

as in talents

a special and usually inborn ability

has a gift for making guests feel right at home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• talents
• aptitudes
• knacks
• endowments
• faculties
• flairs
• geniuses
• eyes
• bents
• tendencies
• affinities
• skills
• ears
• minds
• feels
• inclinations
• impulses
• heads
• facilities
• proclivities
• predispositions
• instincts
• biases
• dispositions
• capabilities
• propensities
• capacities
• predilections
• ways
• leanings
• powers
• noses
• touches
• potentials
• penchants
• partialities
• turns
• habitudes
• specialties
• hangs
• competences
• proficiencies
• specialities
• fortes
• specialisms

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disabilities
• handicaps
• weaknesses
• shortcomings
• inabilities
• incapacities

gifts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of gift

as in blesses

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

gifted with an uncanny ability to persuade people to do things they ordinarily wouldn't

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blesses
• endows
• favors
• equips
• clothes
• supplies
• endues
• provides
• awards
• invests
• grants
• bestows (on or upon)
• empowers
• confers (on)
• bequeaths
• enriches
• wills
• accords
• enables
• enhances
• covers
• heightens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strips
• exhausts
• drains
• divests
• depletes
• dispossesses
• skimps
• stints

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gifts

Noun

After that, the two tinkered with a few start-up concepts, including one meant to help people surprise their friends with gifts—like wine at a restaurant. — Andrew Zucker, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026

People were more reluctant to use AI when choosing gifts for close friends. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026

Planning food, favors, and gifts way ahead of time can help the big day feel less stressful. — Amanda Rock, Parents, 12 Aug. 2026

Her ex-husband, Jeff Bezos, and his new wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, are also very prominent philanthropists, running the Bezos Earth Fund and making other major gifts that garner a lot of attention. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026

That would mean the speedway would come under a state ban on gifts for lawmakers and other state officials. — Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2026

Here are the 10 wildest gifts musicians have given their fans and concertgoers. — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026

Among the other gifts offered by businesses in the strip mall are temporary hair color spray from Joan Barry Hair Designers, celebrating 25 years in business, and sidewalk chalking from 40-year-old mall business Love’s Yogurt. — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

Since 2017, Fetch has sold gifts, stationery, vintage clothing and other niche novelty items. — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026

Verb

To drive home his point, Niccolò gifts Medici a manuscript based on his years of keeping counsel with warlords and royals. — Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

Seeing his grandson suffer, Geppetto (Richard Brake) gifts him a new companion, the titular puppet. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 27 June 2026

The Godfather of Harlem star, who has portrayed the character for more than 350 episodes, reveals that every day and every new script gifts him with a new life lesson. — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

Then, in an act of generosity, Isaac gifts Jay’s recliner to the basement ghosts. — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026

World tennis champion Jannik Sinner gifts a tennis racket to Pope Leo XIV, during a private meeting, on May 14, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. — Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026

The beloved icon has a long history of philanthropy, including her incredible Imagination Library program that gifts children around the country with books. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2026

The Capital One Venture X also gifts you 10,000 bonus miles each account anniversary, which is worth at least $100 in travel. — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026

Cowboys-Commanders gifts us two hugely disappointing teams eliminated from playoff contention. — Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025