Synonyms for vest
vɛst

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. vest, waistcoat(noun)

   a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat

   Synonyms:
   singlet, undershirt, waistcoat

2. singlet, vest, undershirt(verb)

   a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body

   Synonyms:
   waistcoat, singlet, undershirt

3. invest, vest, enthrone(verb)

   provide with power and authority

   "They vested the council with special rights"

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

4. vest(verb)

   place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons

   "She vested her vast fortune in her two sons"

   Synonyms:
   invest, robe, enthrone

5. vest(verb)

   become legally vested

   "The property vests in the trustees"

   Synonyms:
   invest, robe, enthrone

6. vest(verb)

   clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments

   Synonyms:
   invest, robe, enthrone

7. vest, robe(verb)

   clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes

   Synonyms:
   cloak, invest, drape, robe, enthrone, clothe

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. vest(noun)

   Synonyms:
   tank top, undershirt, singlet, waistcoat

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. vest

   Synonyms:
   kobe, clothe, furnish, endow

   Antonyms:
   divest, strip, unrobe, denude, deprive

Dictionary of English Synonymes(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. vest

   Synonyms:
   n. vesture, garment, vestment, robe, dress

2. vest

   Synonyms:
   waistcoat (for men)

3. vest(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   clothe, dress, surround, robe, enrobe, envelope, cover

4. vest(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   endow, furnish

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. vest(n)

   Synonyms:
   waistcoat

2. vest(v)

   Synonyms:
   invest

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "vest":

   jacket, sweater, bulletproof, hoodie, coat

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How to use vest in a sentence?

1. Sarah Palin:

   They’ve been wearing political correctness kind of like a suicide vest.

2. Walter Benjamin:

   He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.

3. El Moussa:

   He reached out to me after the event and we got to know each other and he took me on a ride along in South Central L.A., [Bryan] gets in the car and he’s in a bulletproof vest and gun and I’m sitting there in jeans and a T-shirt thinking, huh. I was like ‘Hey what if they shoot at the car?’ He says that the doors are bulletproof. I said, ‘Well, what about the windows?’ He said, ‘duck.’.

4. Fraidoon Azhand:

   Apparently a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest at the gate of our ministry, the target was our staff who were leaving to their homes.

5. Beth Nelson:

   He absolutely was saved by his vest.

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