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bequest - 18 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | bequest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given in will |
| Synonyms: | devise, endowment, estate, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, settlement, trust, bequeathal, bequeathment, bestowal, devisal, dower |
| Main Entry: | donation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift |
| Synonyms: | a hand, aid, allowance, alms, appropriation, assistance, benefaction, beneficence, bequest, boon, charity, contribution, do one's part, dole, endowment, gifting, grant, gratuity, handout, help, helping hand* largess, lump, offering, philanthropy, pittance, present, presentation, ration, relief, subscription, subsidy, subvention, write-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allowance, gift |
| Synonyms: | admission, allocation, allotment, alms, appropriation, assistance, award, benefaction, bequest, boon, bounty, charity, concession, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fellowship, gratuity, handout, lump, present, privilege, reward, scholarship, stipend, subsidy |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, loss |
| Main Entry: | heirloom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something inherited, often antique |
| Synonyms: | antique, bequest, birthright, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, reversion |
| Main Entry: | heritage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's background, tradition |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, bequest, birthright, convention, culture, custom, endowment, estate, fashion, inheritance, legacy, lot, patrimony, portion, right, share, tradition, dowry, heirship, heritance |
| Main Entry: | inheritance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possession gained through someone's death |
| Synonyms: | bequest, birthright, devise, estate, gift, heirloom, heritage, legacy, heritance, primogeniture |
| Main Entry: | legacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inheritance, heritage |
| Synonyms: | bequest, birthright, devise, endowment, estate, gift, heirloom, tradition, throwback |
| Main Entry: | subsidy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money given to help another |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allowance, appropriation, assistance, bequest, bonus, bounty, contribution, endowment, fellowship, gift, grant, gratuity, help, honorarium, indemnity, payment, pension, premium, reward, scholarship, support, tribute, financial aid, subsidization, subvention |
| Main Entry: | birthright |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heritage |
| Synonyms: | bequest, claim, due, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, right, share, primogeniture |
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage, annuity, remittance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | donate, provide |
| Synonyms: | accord, add, afford, assign, bequeath, bequest, bestow, chip in, come through, commit, confer, devote, dispense, dole out*, endow, enrich, furnish, give, give away, grant, hand out, kick in*, pitch in*, present, proffer, sacrifice, share, subscribe, subsidize, supply, tender, will, ante up, dower, go Dutch, pony up, sweeten the kitty |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, neglect, oppose, shun, subtract, take, withdraw, withhold, take away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endowment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large gift |
| Synonyms: | award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, boon, bounty, dispensation, donation, fund, grant, gratuity, income, inheritance, largess, legacy, nest egg, pension, presentation, property, provision, revenue, stake, stipend, subsidy, trust, bestowal, funding, gifting |
| Antonyms: | loss |
| Main Entry: | gift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given freely, for no recompense |
| Synonyms: | allowance, alms, award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, bonus, boon, bounty, charity, contribution, courtesy, dispensation, donation, endowment, favor, grant, gratuity, hand, hand-me-down*, handout, honorarium, lagniappe, legacy, libation, oblation, offering, philanthropy, pittance, premium, present, presentation, provision, ration, relief, remembrance, reward, souvenir, subscription, subsidy, tip, token, tribute, bestowal, fairing, giveaway, goodie, largesse, offertory, remittance, write-off |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, loss, penalty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disposal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion, settlement of situation |
| Synonyms: | action, allocation, arrangement, array, assignment, assortment, bequest, consignment, control, conveyance, determination, dispensation, disposition, distribution, division, end, gift, order, position, provision, sequence, transfer, bestowal, effectuation, grouping, ordering, placing, winding up |
| Antonyms: | beginning, start |
| Main Entry: | estate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's possessions, property, wealth |
| Synonyms: | assets, belongings, bequest, capital, devise, effects, endowment, fortune, goods, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, substance, chattels, earthly possessions |
| Main Entry: | will |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | last wishes; command |
| Synonyms: | bequest, declaration, decree, device, dispensation, disposition, estate, heritage, inheritance, insistence, legacy, order, property, testament, bestowal, directions, instructions |
| Main Entry: | will |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, bequeath to another |
| Synonyms: | bequest, confer, cut off, devise, disinherit, leave, legate, transfer, disherit, pass on, probate |
| Antonyms: | keep, receive |
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, especially after death |
| Synonyms: | allot, apportion, assign, bequeath, bequest, cede, commit, confide, consign, demise, devise, entrust, hand down, legate, refer, transmit, will, give over, leave behind |
| Notes: | let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place |
| Antonyms: | hold |
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