GRANTS Synonyms: 137 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of grant

as in subsidies

a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action applied for a federal grant to restore the church, one of the oldest and most architecturally significant in the state

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verb

present tense third-person singular of grant

as in admits

to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly you will grant that she is difficult to work with

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as in confers

to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly by the power vested in me, I grant you the keys to the city

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Recent Examples of grants

Noun

In New London, where 20% of families live in poverty, aid from all state grants represented 41% of the city’s revenues in 2017 but 33% now. —

Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026 Uthmeier said the state is using grants from his office to pay for the program. —

News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026 The grants included $11 million in carryover funds, which were restored earlier in the legal battle, and $36 million in future funds through the end of the grant period. —

Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026 Rodriguez said the city is also pursuing state and county grants to help fund a part-time oversight position. —

Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 The owner must also be patient enough to wait for the conservancy to cobble together grants to buy the land. —

Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 For a few years the crisis was masked by COVID-era grants that offset the looming shortfall. —

Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026 Tens of millions in stock grants from the Paramount-Skydance merger are now also in the balance as a determination is reached as to whether or not he was fired for cause, as was the case with NBCU. —

Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026 The school is run by the nonprofit group Shining Hope for Communities and many students attend through grants. —

ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026

Verb

The film shows Dane's desire for the reauthorization of the ACT for ALS, a 2021 law which grants funding to scientific research and expands access to investigational ALS treatments for people who are not otherwise eligible for clinical trials. —

Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026 The measure passed Monday by the council as part of the meeting’s consent agenda grants approval of a PUD preliminary plan for the project and a final plat of subdivision. —

Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 Kids can also ask Alexa to play music, read bedtime stories, help with homework, or even create interactive stories, while a free year Amazon Kids Plus grants kids access to thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and games. —

Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2026 Greece also grants long-term residency, or a Golden Visa, through investment in residential or commercial property. —

Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2026 The approval comes just a few months after Lilly submitted the drug to the FDA as part of a program that grants speedy reviews for drugs that are considered national priority interests. —

Angelica Peebles,annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026 Designed strictly for first-time players, this introductory promotion grants a $20 bonus just for signing up and making a minimum deposit of $10, alongside a 100% first deposit match up to $100. —

Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026 However, there is no wording outlined in the Visa Bond Pilot Program that grants immunity to athletes competing in major sporting events such as the World Cup. —

Adam Crafton, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026 Gilead owns a roughly 25% stake in Galapagos, and has an agreement with the company that grants access to its drug-discovery platform. —

Ed Silverman, STAT, 24 Mar. 2026

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Republicans’ stance on pesticides has been a key point of contention in negotiations for the federal Farm Bill, which covers everything from food security programs to farm subsidies.

— Thomas Heaton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Fast food nation BYD's stellar domestic sales growth has reversed recently, tracking a slump in China's broader EV sector amid persistent oversupply issues in the Chinese market and a rollback of government subsidies on new energy vehicles from the start of 2026.

— Matthew Chin, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026