Synonyms for vested
ˈvɛs tɪdvest·ed

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1. vestedadjective

   fixed and absolute and without contingency

   "a vested right"

   Antonyms:
   conditional

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1. vestedadjective

   Synonyms:
   fixed, established

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1. List of paraphrases for "vested":

   conferred, invested, acquired, entrusted, grandfathered, devolved, acquis, exercised

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1. Laura Ingraham:

   They have always been planning to run Hillary as president so the idea of Hillary being secretary of state and the Clinton Foundation getting donations from groups and countries including those in the Middle East that had a vested interest in turning policy a certain way, that goes to the very heart of the public’s concern about corruption in government.

2. Kamal Hamdan:

   This confessional system is not only corrupt. It is built on vested interests by all the sects (whose leaders) keep their grip on their people... The politicians have devoured Lebanon.

3. Stephen Mather:

   The parks do not belong to one state or to one section, the Yosemite, the Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon are national properties in which every citizen has a vested interest; they belong as much to the man of Massachusetts, of Michigan, of Florida, as they do to the people of California, of Wyoming, and of Arizona.

4. Megan Fox:

   I would describe myself as a seeker. A seeker is someone who is never content to have obtained enough knowledge. History only gives us a one-sided view of the truth. That’s something I know from personal experience. My own history has been rewritten by other people who had a vested interest in changing the narrative, i haven’t spent my entire life building a career in academia so I don’t have to worry about my reputation or being rebuked by my colleagues, which allows me to push back on the status quo. So much of our history needs to be re-examined.

5. John Locke:

   Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society and made by the legislative power vested in it and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, arbitrary will of another man.