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

The exact timing and size of the revenue bump remain uncertain, particularly because employee stock sales may be subject to vesting schedules, lockups, and staged sales, but the IPO could still generate meaningful personal income tax revenue for California. — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 13 June 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

Until then, vesting is partial. — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 20 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

This would allow vesting over a much shorter period of time, supporting teachers who may be starting later in their career and want to retire sooner. — Mark Batinick, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026

Rooker, 31, got a five-year contract with a vesting option. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026