Synonyms of vesting

vesting

verb

present participle of vest

1

as in enabling

to give official or legal power to

"By the power vested in me by the state," intoned the minister, "I now pronounce that you are married"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enabling
• authorizing
• empowering
• qualifying
• licensing
• permitting
• entitling
• certifying
• commissioning
• investing
• chartering
• accrediting
• allowing
• warranting
• approving
• credentialing
• sanctioning
• confirming
• endorsing
• initiating
• affirming
• validating
• installing
• letting
• clearing
• privileging
• inaugurating
• inducting
• instating
• enfranchising
• OK'ing
• swearing in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preventing
• excluding
• disqualifying
• denying
• blocking
• stopping
• impeding
• inhibiting
• barring
• hindering
• obstructing
• disallowing
• constraining
• banning
• prohibiting
• holding back
• shutting out
• discouraging
• forbidding
• enjoining
• proscribing
• outlawing
• disfranchising
• vetoing
• disbarring
• disenfranchising
• interdicting

2

as in handing

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another

vested the power to access their retirement accounts with their attorney

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handing
• leaving
• transferring
• giving
• delegating
• entrusting
• relinquishing
• granting
• passing
• delivering
• confiding
• recommending
• committing
• transmitting
• reposing
• conferring
• trusting
• commending
• turning over
• consigning
• handing over
• loaning
• assigning
• bequeathing
• giving over
• lending
• submitting
• dividing
• distributing
• dealing (out)
• dispensing
• surrendering
• dispersing
• furnishing
• turning in
• supplying
• yielding
• advancing
• releasing
• handing in
• handing down
• willing
• handing on
• recommitting
• retransmitting
• redelivering
• retransferring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holding
• retaining
• keeping
• reserving
• withholding
• receiving
• owning
• possessing
• accepting
• taking
• holding back
• detaining
• occupying
• taking in
• taking over

3

as in granting

to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly

the U.S. Constitution vests the power to declare war with Congress

Synonyms & Similar Words

• granting
• conferring
• awarding
• according
• giving
• providing
• offering
• contributing
• showing
• bestowing
• extending
• presenting
• assigning
• furnishing
• supplying
• allocating
• donating
• appointing
• designating
• appropriating
• naming
• setting
• proffering
• fixing
• dubbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• revoking
• repealing
• rescinding
• recalling
• calling
• dropping
• aborting
• annulling
• invalidating
• nullifying
• voiding
• abrogating
• writing off
• withdrawing
• calling off
• retracting
• taking back
• recanting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vesting

With these plans, your vesting percentage tends to increase for each year of service at the company. — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026

As the chart shows, a majority of companies surveyed by the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals continue vesting for at least some RSU grants after death, with more than half accelerating vesting for all outstanding grants. — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Castillo, 33, is under contract through the 2027 season with a vesting option for 2028. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

Employers must disclose vesting schedules so workers understand when employer contributions are no longer forfeited if their employment ends. — Miranda Marquit, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 May 2026

The same logic of privatization that enabled Blackwater to operate freely in Iraq was vesting him with powers previously unimaginable for private entities. — Ben Tarnoff, Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026

In 2002, New York State wisely moved away from this fragmented model that did not have the best interests of students in mind, vesting governance of our schools with the mayor. — Dennis Walcott, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026

The city’s statute disallows for the mayor to be directly involved in public schools, instead vesting that power to a nine-member Board of Education. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026