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 Tesla exit The Tesla sale closes another highly profitable bet for Scottish Mortgage, which invests globally in a mix of public and private high-growth companies, typically with a longer-term investment view. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026 Among the officials at a press conference about the decision was Alicia Jackson, director of a federal health agency that invests taxpayer money in medical technology and research. — Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 29 Oct. 2026 His keynotes help frame the emerging infrastructure of AI, while Nvidia invests across startups, partners and governments. — Bob Pearson, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Instead, the company invests more heavily in salaries and reviews them annually. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 Telefilm invests around $150 million each year in indie homegrown films while also promoting them at international festivals and markets with a flag-waving Canada pavilion. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 The program invests money in Atlanta’s historically underserved neighborhoods to build affordable housing, parks and accessible grocery stores. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026 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

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Nacer is quite good at variations of patriarchal obliviousness, and Pebdani suffuses her women with streaks of guilt.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of suffuses

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This extreme foregrounding of character in terms of action endows the cast with a retrospective air of typecasting, in a positive sense—the actors seem made for their parts, coalescing with their characters temperamentally.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of endows

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This enables multi-finger gestures and pressure-sensitive controls similar to those found on laptop trackpads.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
But her belief in the permeable and cumulative nature of identity enables Courtney to reckon with her mistakes as part of a process of learning, rather than immovable indicators of good or bad character.

— Jamie Hood, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of enables

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Our history, it’s implied, inaugurates the best version of our future.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Northlight Theatre inaugurates its swank Evanston digs with The Front Page, set in a Chicago newsroom and starring real-life spouses Kate Fry and Timothy Edward Kane.

— Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of inaugurates

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The plan could affect not only the path that encircles the park, used by large numbers of residents, but also the golf course’s historic grove of Japanese cherry trees.

— Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026
In May, the Georgia Department of Transportation closed a major section of the road, which encircles the city of Atlanta and connects much of the greater metro area, sending both intra- and interstate traffic through the city.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of encircles

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So, while all the other men in the crew stand around doing nothing, Moe steps in to tell the guy to leave — once calmly, then more aggressively — and then takes off his belt and wraps it around his hand.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026
Concourse’s slate also includes Parish starring Nicolas Cage, Dane Dehaan and Alexandra Shipp, which wraps production this week in Minnesota, and Vision Board starring Lucy Hale, which is currently in pre-production.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of wraps

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The spicy sauce takes the classic mustard, tangy, and sweet flavors of Chick-fil-A sauce and infuses it with spicy peppers.

— Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2026
Formulated for sensitive skin types, this infuses panthenol and madecassoside to improve dryness and the skin barrier.

— Kiana Murden, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026