SHARES Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

shares 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of share

as in participates

to take a share or part everyone in the enterprise will share in the profits

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2 of 2

noun

plural of share

as in portions

something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group my share of the lottery winnings is over a million dollars her share of the bill comes to $13.44

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as in interests

a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something she sold her share in the business to her partner

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Verb

The singer also shares his daughter, Alexa Joel, 40, with his ex-wife, Christie Brinkley. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 16 Oct. 2026 The Peacock streaming platform shares its weekly exclusive games on YouTube. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 The Valkyries, meanwhile, have fostered one of the most intimidating home environments at San Francisco’s Chase Center, which the team shares with its sibling NBA franchise, the Golden State Warriors. — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The poems follow a character named Henry who shares a biographical likeness to the author, though Berryman states Henry is an imaginary character. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2026 Matt DiStefano shares his screen and rotates a gray 3D model of a California neighborhood. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 The service now regularly shares how many AI songs are uploaded to its platform, with the latest results showing that over 50% of uploads are AI-generated and that over 90,000 tracks are uploaded a day. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wears his faith on his sleeve and shares it in legal opinions and threatening missives on state letterhead. — Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 Flowers, who grew up in Las Vegas and Utah and who shares three sons with his wife, spoke about the album in his dressing room last month a few hours before the Ford show. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Noun

That news knocked about 5% off its shares on July 27 and sent the cost of insuring its debt sharply higher. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 The Ellison family and RedBird Capital Partners are the sole holders of Skydance’s Class A stock, giving them 100% control the voting shares. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 Shares of Nvidia lost nearly 2%, while shares of Advanced Micro Devices and Marvell Technology fell more than 3%. — Ananya Chetia,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 The filing showed that Zaslav sold shares worth more than $224 million in WBD on conjunction with the acquisition, while options that were in the money netted him an additional $381 million or so. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shares

Verb

The amygdala participates in detecting emotionally significant information, while prefrontal networks contribute to evaluating competing interpretations and regulating responses.

— Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
When uncertainty exists, the City Attorney or the Florida Commission on Ethics should be consulted before an official participates.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of participates

Noun

The possible outages would affect portions of counties, not entire counties, the utility stressed.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Scoop the cookie dough in small portions all over the top of the brownie batter, leaving space between them for the brownie batter to rise up during baking.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of portions

Noun

The company is planning one of the biggest IPOs in history as a public benefit corporation, a legal structure that requires management to balance broader public interests with profitability goals.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Leikauf’s announcement came amid a monthslong dispute with his predecessor, former Sheriff John D’Agostini, who accused him of putting his own interests ahead of the community.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of interests

Noun

Channels would connect different parts of the system, while the flexible fibers would regulate fluid movement and retain information.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Witnesses told South Korean media that the attacker appeared to have knives tied to both hands and stabbed people in different parts of the mall while moving up and down the floors on an escalator.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of parts

Noun

The wealth gap has political stakes, too That sense of waiting for an opportunity has electoral relevance.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Smaller experiments might include briefly leaving the phone at home, or making a low-stakes decision without asking others for reassurance.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of stakes

Noun

The movement has reached almost unprecedented proportions, with other sectors joining the students, demanding better learning conditions and fighting against the cost-of-living crisis, hike in fuel prices, and erosion of social welfare.

— Alessia Armenise, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
Upon close examination, however, the epic proportions are there in miniature.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of proportions

Noun

The country’s current immigration policies are controlled by people who believe that the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, which ended exclusionary quotas against non-European immigrants including South Asians, needs to be rolled back.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Territories needed to be assigned, quotas had to be set, and compensation needed to be calculated accurately and paid on time.

— Arnab Mishra, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of quotas

Noun

Director Dustin Rikert worked efficiently, filming several takes of attendees filtering into the auction.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Dewan is also filming The Rookie, so things are getting challenging as Val drills her on the technique — even on set between takes.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

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