NOUN | cognition | endowment, gift, talent, natural endowment | natural abilities or qualities |
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possession | endowment, endowment fund | the capital that provides income for an institution | |
act | endowment | the act of endowing with a permanent source of income |
Sounds | ehndaw'mahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | natural abilities or qualities. | |
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Synonyms | gift, talent, natural endowment | |
Narrower | bent, knack, hang | A special way of doing something |
flair, genius | A natural talent | |
raw talent | powerfully impressive talent | |
Broader | natural ability | ability that is inherited |
Spanish | don, facultades, presente, talento | |
Catalan | facultats, talent | |
Verbs | endow | give qualities or abilities to |
Meaning | The capital that provides income for an institution. | |
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Synonym | endowment fund | |
Narrower | chantry | An endowment for the singing of Masses |
patrimony | A church endowment | |
Broader | capital | wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value |
Spanish | dotación, fondos | |
Verbs | endow | furnish with an endowment |
Meaning | The act of endowing with a permanent source of income. | |
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Example | "his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time" | |
Broader | giving, gift | The act of giving |
Verbs | endow | furnish with an endowment |
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