INVESTS Synonyms: 247 Similar and Opposite Words

invests

verb

present tense third-person singular of invest

as in suffuses

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 endows

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 enables

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

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as in clothes

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 inaugurates

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 besieges

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 wraps

to surround or cover closely nightfall invested the land

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Recent Examples of invests Apple’s stock price has been on a roll (up 24% year to date) unlike some other tech giants as the industry invests heavily in data centers and chips as an AI arms race unfolds. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 July 2026 If California, which invests more than most states, still cannot reliably connect families to help that exists, other states are almost certainly doing worse. — Danielle Stephens, USA Today, 26 July 2026 Butterfly Equity, a Los Angeles firm founded in 2016, invests exclusively in the food and beverage sector, describing its approach as covering the full seed-to-fork ecosystem. — Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Semmelman added that extradition of high-profile figures can sometimes take longer, especially if the defense aggressively invests resources in the litigation. — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 21 July 2026 The organization that invests and helps people get access to affordable housing. — Sofi Zeman july 14, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026 As Microsoft invests much of its resources into everything AI, a struggling consumer business with a difficult future doesn’t necessarily seem like a good fit for the company. — Jay Peters, The Verge, 8 July 2026 Each year, the company invests hundreds of millions of dollars into attractions guests already know and love. — Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026 The deal also represented an innovative use of the US International Development Finance Corporation, which invests taxpayer money in private-sector projects that serve US interests but need help to be financially viable. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 25 June 2026

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But the latter’s crisply executed harmonies are but one of multiple examples of what splendid singing suffuses this production.

— Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
Announcing its hardcore aspirations with a moody steel-blue palette that suffuses the rural setting with dread, the film takes place almost entirely on a remote cow farm, the home of a mixed-race family of three.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 May 2026

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The catharsis of moments like this—and the unpredictability with which they’re deployed—endows Oen Sujet’s music with delight worth chasing, but the climb doesn’t always feel equal to the drop.

— Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026
The unique porous structure of this magnesium foam endows the material with exceptional mechanical properties, combining high formability with high energy absorption.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026

Definition of endows

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This enables comprehensive pre-arrival planning, reducing friction for guests and maximizing ancillary revenue for hotels.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
This approach enables manufacturers to improve computing performance while overcoming the physical limits of traditional chip scaling.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026

Definition of enables

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Regardless, men behaving in a repulsed or shocked way when a man dresses feminine or in women’s clothing is homophobic.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
Case in point, the Organic Cotton Relaxed Oxford Shirt, which stylist Nicole Chavez, who dresses Witherspoon, handpicked in her cool-girl summer capsule.

— Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 20 July 2026

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Welcome to the wild world of casting non-professional actors, a practice that is in the spotlight this year as the Academy inaugurates the casting Oscar.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi, on Monday.

— Jared Perlo, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of inaugurates

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The butterfly encircles Larsson's eye, with its wings spanning the whole area from her inner brow to well past its tip.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 July 2026
In the center of Washington Park is a lagoon, which once weaved in a crescent shape around a peninsula in a configuration that annoyed boaters, but now encircles a central island called Bynum Island.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 15 June 2026

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The British rose full body massage infuses a calming sense of place with local flora, and a range of facial treatments is available as well.

— Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Valeri, who began playing at age 4 in his Buenos Aires suburb, said the futbol passion and aptitude run deep in a country where community pride infuses youth-club rivalries and street soccer prevails in many neighborhoods.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026