INVESTING Synonyms: 249 Similar and Opposite Words

investing

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present participle of invest

as in suffusing

to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle invested the film with his own enthusiasm for the wonders of flight

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as in gifting

to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute a woman invested with the strong desire to make the world a better place

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as in enabling

to give official or legal power to invested him with power of attorney

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as in clothing

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes a fashion designer who has invested a number of the winners of the best actress award

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as in inducting

to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies the beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen

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as in besieging

to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication the city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell

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as in wrapping

to surround or cover closely nightfall invested the land

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Recent Examples of investing Its writer-director, Ryan Coogler, affectionately shouted out his wife and producing partner, Zinzi; its composer, Ludwig Göransson, spoke of his father investing him with a love of blues music from childhood. —

David Sims, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026 The second vein of rebuilding the roster doesn’t involve investing. —

Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026 The Administration has used the money, in part, to begin to create a network of bigger facilities, investing thirty-eight billion dollars to buy up large warehouses across the country and retrofit them. —

Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026 Early discussions of investing hundreds of millions of dollars into the railroad drew attention for increasing access to higher-paying jobs in Chicago, but the railroad is also attracting residents to Northwest Indiana. —

Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026 Rather than simply emulating American foundation models, Beijing is investing across the full stack—from chips to software to cyber-physical deployment. —

François Candelon, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026 In addition, Flaks said, the health system is investing heavily in its flagship Hartford Hospital campus, just south of downtown. —

Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2026 Airlines and investors back the technology Major airlines and aviation companies are also investing heavily in the emerging air taxi industry, which is a sign of the growing confidence in the technology. —

Christopher Harris, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026 Burton notes that these pressures can contribute to burnout, particularly when educators feel responsible for investing their own time and money to maintain the quality of learning environments for their students. —

Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026

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Your energetic 5th house hosts the meeting of Mercury and Pluto, suffusing your hobbies with cosmic delight.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
Raﬁq suspected that the anxiety suffusing the market had made any pickpockets unlikely to be scoping out potential shoppers.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026