Synonyms and Antonyms of vests
1
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"
accredits, authorizes, certifies, charters [British], commissions, empowers, enables, invests, licenses (also licences), qualifies, warrants
approves, clears, credentials, endorses (also indorses), OKs (or okays), sanctions
affirms, confirms, validates
inaugurates, inducts, initiates, installs, instates, swears in
allows, lets, permits
enfranchises, entitles, privileges
bans, bars, blocks, constrains, denies, disallows, disbars, discourages, disenfranchises, disfranchises, excludes, hinders, holds back, impedes, inhibits, obstructs, prevents, shuts out, stops
enjoins, forbids, interdicts, outlaws, prohibits, proscribes, vetoes
2
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
- vested the power to access their retirement accounts with their attorney
commends, commits, confides, consigns, delegates, delivers, entrusts (also intrusts), gives, gives over, hands, hands over, leaves, passes, recommends, reposes, transfers, transmits, trusts, turns over
confers, grants
assigns, deals (out), dispenses, disperses, distributes, divides
hands in, releases, relinquishes, submits, surrenders, turns in, yields
bequeaths, hands down, hands on, wills
advances, lends, loans
furnishes, supplies
recommits, redelivers, retransfers, retransmits
3
to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly
- the U.S. Constitution vests the power to declare war with Congress
bestows, contributes, donates, gives, presents, shows
furnishes, provides, supplies
extends, offers, proffers
allocates, appropriates, assigns
appoints, designates, dubs, fixes, names, sets
aborts, calls, calls off, drops, recalls, repeals, rescinds, revokes
abrogates, annuls, invalidates, nullifies, voids, writes off
recants, retracts, takes back, withdraws
