bestows
verbHow many syllables in bestows?
There are 2 syllables in the word bestows.How to pronounce bestows:
Definition of bestows:
- bestows (verb):
- to put to use apply
- to present (a gift) or confer (an honour)
Synonyms for bestows:
accord
affords
allot
apportion
award
awards
commit
confer
confers
contributes
donates
endow
entrust
furnishes
give
gives
gives away
gives of
grant
hand out
honour with
impart
lavish
offers
present
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Antonyms for bestows:
acquires
attains
comes by
declines
denies
deprives
earns
gains
gets
keeps
lands
makes
nets
obtains
procures
refuses
secures
takes
withdraws
withholds
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- sheltered
- prejudged
- logging
- jaundiced
- Irmine
- holding
- gobet
- fuellers
- exudes
- discord
- brochure
- barber
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- snubbed
- elude
- admove
- tinkle
- prose
- pituite
- patent
- mislead
- ingress
- forte
- enzymes
- withstands
- squelchy
- partake
- transverse
- scientists
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- movie
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