Synonyms of grants

grants 1 of 2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• subsidies
• allotments
• appropriations
• funds
• allocations
• subventions
• endowments
• entitlements
• annuities
• allowances
• assistances
• aids
• block grants
• grants-in-aid
• benefits
• stipends
• set-asides
• bequests
• trust funds
• legacies
• advances
• state aids
• reliefs
• trusts
• foreign aids

grants

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of grant

1

as in admits

to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly

you will grant that she is difficult to work with

Synonyms & Similar Words

• admits
• confesses
• acknowledges
• concedes
• agrees
• allows
• announces
• owns (up to)
• recognizes
• reveals
• discloses
• accepts
• confirms
• affirms
• tells
• declares
• fesses (up)
• publishes
• comes clean (about)
• yields
• says
• imparts
• proclaims
• informs
• professes
• broadcasts
• disburdens
• communicates
• talks
• unloads
• warns
• whispers
• betrays
• tips (off)
• unveils
• exposes
• unburdens
• spills
• gives away
• avows
• leaks
• breathes
• divulges
• rats
• breaks
• blabs
• squeals
• tattles
• wises (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denies
• disallows
• contradicts
• disclaims
• disavows
• negates
• rejects
• disputes
• covers (up)
• refutes
• disowns
• repudiates
• kids (oneself)
• conceals
• hides
• obscures
• rebuts
• negatives
• veils
• gainsays

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confers
• awards
• gives
• provides
• bestows
• offers
• accords
• vests
• presents
• supplies
• contributes
• shows
• furnishes
• assigns
• donates
• extends
• allocates
• appropriates
• designates
• appoints
• proffers
• names
• sets
• fixes
• dubs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• revokes
• calls
• recalls
• repeals
• drops
• rescinds
• aborts
• invalidates
• nullifies
• abrogates
• voids
• withdraws
• annuls
• calls off
• retracts
• writes off
• takes back
• recants

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grants

Noun

Both took large stakes in their companies as founders, but neither has received stock grants or options since those companies had initial public offerings in 1997 and 2012, respectively. —Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025

Under Mahan’s tenure, the city’s vehicles have been outfitted with pothole-detecting cameras and its employees use AI to win multimillion-dollar grants. —Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025

Restore full funding for charity grants The main focus of the budget hearing was arts groups and nonprofits providing after-school camps, senior services, free meals and other help. —Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

Evatt is grants coordinator for North Arkansas Partnership for Health Education, and serves as the District 5 Justice of the Peace for Boone County. —Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025

State lawmakers over the years have also charged the agency with executing a slew of smaller grants, including the $20 million in state funding approved in 2022 for Fay Beydoun and her nonprofit Global Link International now at the center of the attorney general office's probe. —Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025

The $19 million ask is higher than what will be available via Brookfield's cash grants. —Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025

Other educators rely on local grants, donations and online wish lists through Amazon, Adopt A Classroom, Donors Choose and other platforms to stock their classrooms. —Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025

The grants are used to teach adolescents about abstinence and contraception. —Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025

Verb

Although Thursday’s appeals court decision grants a win to the government, which had been confident in the outcome, the final appeals court ruling is still pending litigation. —Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025

Born in Chicago, Getz rallied community leaders and donors behind the Arizona Community Foundation, a charitable organization that now grants millions of dollars annually to support education, housing and land preservation, among other initiatives, across the state. —Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025

While the Constitution grants states the power to prescribe the time, place, and manner of elections for federal office, Congress can alter or preempt state regulations. —Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

Each calendar year, Citi Strata Elite primary cardholders receive four Admirals Club Citi Strata Elite Passes, which grants you entry to Admirals Club lounges worldwide. —Ryley Amond, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025

Judge grants Allison’s request Keily Chinchilla, her mother, watched the hearing on her phone via the Webex platform. —Patricia Ortiz, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2025

Currently, independent contractors are excluded from the National Labor Relations Act, a federal law that grants workers collective bargaining rights and protections. —Jaimie Ding, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025

The funds come from the Invest in Cook program, which earmarks grants for transit projects. —Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025

If Fahey grants that injunction, O’Rourke and his group would be barred from raising and using funds to support the activities of Texas Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to prevent a quorum on congressional redistricting, according to court documents. —Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025