GRANT Synonyms: 137 Similar and Opposite Words

Q: How does the verb 'grant' contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of grant are accord , award , concede , and vouchsafe . While all these words mean "to give as a favor or a right," grant implies giving to a claimant or petitioner something that could be withheld. // granted them a new hearing

Q: Where would 'accord' be a reasonable alternative to 'grant'?

The words accord and grant are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, accord implies giving to another what is due or proper. // accorded all the honors befitting a head of state

Q: When might 'award' be a better fit than 'grant'?

While in some cases nearly identical to grant , award implies giving what is deserved or merited usually after a careful weighing of pertinent factors. // awarded the company a huge defense contract

Q: When can 'concede' be used instead of 'grant'?

The synonyms concede and grant are sometimes interchangeable, but concede implies yielding something reluctantly in response to a rightful or compelling claim. // even her critics concede she can be charming

Q: In what contexts can 'vouchsafe' take the place of 'grant'?

Although the words vouchsafe and grant have much in common, vouchsafe implies granting something as a courtesy or an act of gracious condescension. // vouchsafed the secret to only a few chosen disciples

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Definition of grant

as in subsidy

a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action applied for a federal grant to restore the church, one of the oldest and most architecturally significant in the state

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ˈgrant

as in to admit

to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly you will grant that she is difficult to work with

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as in to confer

to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly by the power vested in me, I grant you the keys to the city

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How does the verb grant contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of grant are accord, award, concede, and vouchsafe. While all these words mean "to give as a favor or a right," grant implies giving to a claimant or petitioner something that could be withheld.

granted them a new hearing

Where would accord be a reasonable alternative to grant?

The words accord and grant are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, accord implies giving to another what is due or proper.

accorded all the honors befitting a head of state

When might award be a better fit than grant?

While in some cases nearly identical to grant, award implies giving what is deserved or merited usually after a careful weighing of pertinent factors.

awarded the company a huge defense contract

When can concede be used instead of grant?

The synonyms concede and grant are sometimes interchangeable, but concede implies yielding something reluctantly in response to a rightful or compelling claim.

even her critics concede she can be charming

In what contexts can vouchsafe take the place of grant?

Although the words vouchsafe and grant have much in common, vouchsafe implies granting something as a courtesy or an act of gracious condescension.

vouchsafed the secret to only a few chosen disciples

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Recent Examples of grant

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Two Banks Development is open to proposals, and Ferguson suggested grant dollars could help create an installation. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026 For the 2024 cycle, its $1 million grant was used to educate students on the value of food and to scale up their farm to school operations, including with partners such as Aziz Farms. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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How the tax credit will work Beginning in January, qualifying taxpayers will be able to donate up to $1,700 to a scholarship-granting organization, or SGO. — Cory Turner, NPR, 20 Oct. 2026 In December 2024, on the same day, a federal judge in Oregon granted the Federal Trade Commission’s request to block the merger and a state judge in Seattle did the same in a suit brought by Washington’s Attorney General. — Shubha Ghosh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grant

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So far, anti-AI legislation has taken the form of blocking subsidies for AI data centers.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
The talks come as Paz faces protests over his decision to scrap fuel subsidies in a country that once exported natural gas to its neighbors but now struggles with fuel shortages and declining hydrocarbon production.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of subsidy

Verb

The first of the 12 steps is admitting that your relationship with your vice has become unmanageable.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Smith was transported to the jail by the deputies, but the jail medical staff would not admit him due to the injury, the suit alleges.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of admit

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The state bestowed Netflix, Paramount and Lionsgate as studio partners, which have conferred a series of incentives to produce titles there.

— Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
For employers, the short-term costs of covering a drug often outweigh the long-term benefits that medication may confer, at least from the employer’s POV.

— Dylan Scott, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of confer

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The first allotment given to Jackson County, in 2024, was just under six hundred thousand dollars.

— Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
The pet carrier counts toward the passenger’s carry-on baggage allotment, and travelers flying with pets cannot sit in the emergency exit or bulkhead rows.

— Sarah Kuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of allotment

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After detectives confronted her with information from Hanfield, Arstil confessed that the two women were at the apartment complex that night looking to rob someone.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Disarmed by his stepson’s surprise appearance, Morgan confesses to being the cheater.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of confess

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These early pieces synced with the bitter mindset of the Pictures Generation of the late 1970s and early ’80s, whose artists took up appropriation as a means of testing authorship and ownership.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
If voters approve the sales tax initiatives, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and KCK would be required to approve specific appropriations during future public meetings.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of appropriation

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But all five nations also maintain significant commercial and diplomatic links with Russia and, to varying extents, China and Iran, a fact that Rubio acknowledged.

— Reuters, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
So many people make a deal with the devil, compromising their principles, and are not able to acknowledge it to others or to themselves.

— Bob Woodward, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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