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

City Manager Maraskeshia Smith has proposed cuts that include laying off or demoting 37 employees, cutting violence prevention grants and shortening neighborhood pool hours. —

Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026 The package would create a series of new county arts programs, including direct grants to artists, a county artist-in-residence program and money to support spaces that showcase artists and their work. —

Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 Maryland Matters is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501(c)(3) public charity. —

William J. Ford, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2026 The grants and loans were issued only when certain conditions were met by the recipients. —

ABC News, 6 May 2026 In addition to the base incentive rate, there are several additional grants available. —

Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026 The initiative will offer workforce development grants, training opportunities and technical support to small businesses. —

Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026 This comes after the department last year allowed more than 100 grants for human trafficking survivors to expire, affecting more than 5,000 victims, despite Congress allocating $88 million for these services. —

Andrea Hagan, The Conversation, 6 May 2026 Small businesses along East Colfax Avenue may be eligible for grants of up to $15,000 as construction continues on Denver's Bus Rapid Transit project. —

Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026

Verb

The Bugatti Brussels 3-piece Set grants you three shiny-new hardside spinners at 81 percent off, while the roomy Members Only Packable Tote is only $35 and boasts an impressive capacity for all your quick-access airport items. —

Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026 The case is before the Connecticut Office of the Claims Commissioner, which grants permission to sue the state. —

Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026 Law of Return, Israeli law, passed by the Knesset (parliament) in July 1950, that grants Jews the right to immigrate (or make aliyah) to the country and receive Israeli citizenship. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026 The sequel, sizing up its protagonists and the direness of their professional circumstances, grants them some romantic redemption. —

Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026 What about those fighters grants them the respect of a great like you? —

Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Apr. 2026 Frankly, both had done enough to merit promotion — but EFL begrudgingly grants just one automatic place to the National League, and another via a round of play-offs. —

Phil Hay, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 This grade slips to a C+ if Arizona eventually relents and grants Pro-Bowl pass rusher Josh Sweat’s trade request. —

Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026 At the mall’s food court, customers frequently pay using an app that grants small credit lines affiliated to certain merchants. —

Cnn Staff, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Last December, Temu owner PDD Holdings—a multinational commerce group domiciled in the Cayman Islands and registered in Ireland that’s better known as Pinduoduo—had two of its global facilities raided by European Union regulators over worries over possible Chinese state subsidies.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
Demand for EVs in China is slowing after the government trimmed consumer subsidies and perks, and there’s no end in sight to a brutal price war as a crowded field of EV rivals jostle to outperform and undercut one another.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 1 May 2026