Synonyms for invest
ɪnˈvɛstin·vest

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1. invest, put, commit, placeverb

   make an investment

   "Put money into bonds"

   Synonyms:
   dedicate, seat, institutionalize, empower, put, endue, localize, perpetrate, intrust, trust, commit, enthrone, target, vest, post, station, place, frame, point, come in, gift, position, grade, arrange, adorn, assign, pull, lay, institutionalise, give, aim, cast, devote, redact, couch, identify, direct, charge, practice, endow, indue, site, set up, confide, rank, consecrate, rate, clothe, send, induct, entrust, come out, set, order, locate, pose, localise, range

   Antonyms:
   divest, disinvest

2. endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endueverb

   give qualities or abilities to

   Synonyms:
   vest, put, endue, induct, adorn, authorize, place, clothe, enthrone, dower, endow, present, gift, give, empower, indue, commit, authorise, seat

   Antonyms:
   divest, disinvest

3. invest, clothe, adornverb

   furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors

   Synonyms:
   put, endue, induct, habilitate, robe, tog, adorn, apparel, grace, deck, decorate, place, clothe, enthrone, beautify, endow, garb, gift, empower, vest, dress, indue, fit out, enclothe, raiment, commit, garment, cloak, seat, drape, embellish, ornament

   Antonyms:
   disinvest, divest

4. invest, vest, enthroneverb

   provide with power and authority

   "They vested the council with special rights"

   Synonyms:
   put, endue, induct, robe, adorn, place, clothe, enthrone, endow, gift, empower, vest, indue, commit, seat, throne

   Antonyms:
   disinvest, divest

5. induct, invest, seatverb

   place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position

   "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"

   Synonyms:
   put, endue, induct, adorn, place, clothe, enthrone, endow, gift, empower, vest, sit, indue, commit, seat, initiate, induce, sit down

   Antonyms:
   divest, disinvest

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1. investverb

   Synonyms:
   clothe, dress, array

2. investverb

   Synonyms:
   endow (as with authority or power), endue

3. investverb

   Synonyms:
   put at interest (as money)

4. investverb

   Synonyms:
   (Mil.) enclose, surround, besiege, lay siege to

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1. List of paraphrases for "invest":

   investing, investment, reverse, investments, invests, investhk, invert, spend, invested, devote

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1. Nitin Kanakiya:

   We cannot afford these huge capital investments, and if we invest this much, our economic significance will go away.

2. Frank Coleman:

   Our strategy has been active ownership, to get companies to understand the impact of their emissions and to reduce them, to look at their carbon footprint and to invest in other energy technologies.

3. Tim Buckley:

   We recognized we needed to invest more in supporting advisers, that has built momentum and we continue to be earning people's trust.

4. Gesa Reimelt:

   If society wants e-mobility and if they want it fast, then charging infrastructure is really a topic, it's really a challenge... and it would help if governments would invest in infrastructure.

5. Ryan Costello:

   If we're not investing in our safety for the Northeast Corridor, we're not doing what we should be doing down here, we need to continue to invest in our passenger rail system... a critical piece of the economy in the Northeast part of the country.