Synonyms for Endowment
ɛnˈdaʊ mənten·dow·ment

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1. endowmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   gift

2. endowmentnoun

   Something with which a person or thing is endowed.

   Every man is endowed with free will, that is our greatest endowment.

   Synonyms:
   gift

3. endowmentnoun

   The invested funds of a not-for-profit institution.

   Rich alumni have given Harvard an endowment worth billions, the interest on which supports the college handsomely.

   Synonyms:
   gift

4. endowmentnoun

   The penis.

   She was very impressed by his endowment.

   Synonyms:
   gift

5. endowmentnoun

   The breasts.

   Synonyms:
   gift

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1. endowment

   Synonyms:
   gift, provision, benefit, benefaction, talent, capacity, attainment, qualification

   Antonyms:
   impoverishment, spoliation, disendowment, incapacity, poverty, lack

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1. endowment, gift, talent, natural endowmentnoun

   natural abilities or qualities

   Synonyms:
   talent, natural endowment, endowment fund, endowment, gift, giving

2. endowment, endowment fundnoun

   the capital that provides income for an institution

   Synonyms:
   talent, natural endowment, endowment fund, endowment, gift

3. endowmentnoun

   the act of endowing with a permanent source of income

   "his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time"

   Synonyms:
   talent, natural endowment, endowment fund, gift

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1. • Giving

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1. endowmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   gift, grant, bequest, boon, largess, bounty, present

2. endowmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   property, fund, revenue

3. endowmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   talent, faculty, quality, power, ability, capacity, capability, aptitude, parts, genius, qualification

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1. endowmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   dotation, bounty, grant, bequest, talent, faculty, dower

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1. List of paraphrases for "endowment":

   staffing, endowments, staffing, strength, donation, allocation, heritage, waqf, manning, wakfs

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How to use Endowment in a sentence?

1. Jack Sproule:

   The stock market has been beneficial for our endowment, because we were well-invested, we weren't badly hurt by the financial crisis of 2008.

2. Larry Li:

   We weren't going to the Harvard endowment or Yale endowment; that's like mission impossible, you need to have some special source of funds to get started.

3. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.:

   Nothing is so frequent as to mistake an ordinary human gift for a special and extraordinary endowment.

4. Walter Dillingham:

   They have shown endowment success that would compare well with many of the nation's private colleges.

5. Adam Andrzejewski:

   They have got an endowment, right? they can use their endowed funds – they don’t need public funds – to fund studies.