INVESTS Synonyms: 247 Similar and Opposite Words

invests

verb

present tense third-person singular of invest

as in suffuses

to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle invested the film with his own enthusiasm for the wonders of flight

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as in endows

to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute a woman invested with the strong desire to make the world a better place

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as in enables

to give official or legal power to invested him with power of attorney

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as in clothes

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes a fashion designer who has invested a number of the winners of the best actress award

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as in inaugurates

to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies the beloved actor was finally invested as a knight by the queen

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as in besieges

to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication the city was mercilessly invested for an entire year, but never fell

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as in wraps

to surround or cover closely nightfall invested the land

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Recent Examples of invests The program invests money in Atlanta’s historically underserved neighborhoods to build affordable housing, parks and accessible grocery stores. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026 At Lucid, team activity budgets have been expanded, and the company invests heavily in helping people connect with colleagues. — Ted Kitterman, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 To ensure a net gain, our agency completely avoids cliché prompts and invests significant time in sharpening them with firsthand data, raw outlines and strict audience constraints. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Apple’s stock price has been on a roll (up 24% year to date) unlike some other tech giants as the industry invests heavily in data centers and chips as an AI arms race unfolds. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 July 2026 If California, which invests more than most states, still cannot reliably connect families to help that exists, other states are almost certainly doing worse. — Danielle Stephens, USA Today, 26 July 2026 Semmelman added that extradition of high-profile figures can sometimes take longer, especially if the defense aggressively invests resources in the litigation. — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 21 July 2026 The organization that invests and helps people get access to affordable housing. — Sofi Zeman july 14, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026 As Microsoft invests much of its resources into everything AI, a struggling consumer business with a difficult future doesn’t necessarily seem like a good fit for the company. — Jay Peters, The Verge, 8 July 2026

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But the latter’s crisply executed harmonies are but one of multiple examples of what splendid singing suffuses this production.

— Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
Announcing its hardcore aspirations with a moody steel-blue palette that suffuses the rural setting with dread, the film takes place almost entirely on a remote cow farm, the home of a mixed-race family of three.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 May 2026

Definition of suffuses

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The catharsis of moments like this—and the unpredictability with which they’re deployed—endows Oen Sujet’s music with delight worth chasing, but the climb doesn’t always feel equal to the drop.

— Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026
The unique porous structure of this magnesium foam endows the material with exceptional mechanical properties, combining high formability with high energy absorption.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026

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The denial-of-service attacks meant that hackers pushed massive traffic toward the agency in order to block services, including one that enables citizens to use one login across multiple public services.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026
This dual-burner functionality gives you greater control of the temperature and enables two-zone cooking.

— Olivia Tarantino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of enables

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Our history, it’s implied, inaugurates the best version of our future.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Northlight Theatre inaugurates its swank Evanston digs with The Front Page, set in a Chicago newsroom and starring real-life spouses Kate Fry and Timothy Edward Kane.

— Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of inaugurates

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In May, the Georgia Department of Transportation closed a major section of the road, which encircles the city of Atlanta and connects much of the greater metro area, sending both intra- and interstate traffic through the city.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
The paint color that encircles the wallpaper is important, but Chloe Redmond Warner says the bread should be the least exciting part of this sandwich.

— Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026