Definition of grants

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • grants is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
  • grants is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
  • grants is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of grants


  • 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. hiram ulysses grant
    2. president grant
    3. ulysses grant
    4. ulysses s. grant
    5. ulysses simpson grant
  • give as judged due or on the basis of merit (verb)

    Examples

    1. Funds are granted to qualified researchers

    Synonyms

    1. award
  • the act of providing a subsidy (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. subsidisation
    2. subsidization
  • let have (verb)

    Examples

    1. grant permission

    Synonyms

    1. allow
  • (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. assignment
  • Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. duncan grant
    2. duncan james corrow grant
  • bestow, especially officially (verb)

    Examples

    1. grant a degree
    2. This bill grants us new rights

    Synonyms

    1. give
  • a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. concession
  • give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. cede
    2. concede
    3. yield
  • be willing to concede (verb)

    Examples

    1. I grant you this much

    Synonyms

    1. concede
    2. yield
  • allow to have (verb)

    Examples

    1. grant a privilege

    Synonyms

    1. accord
    2. allot
  • United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cary grant
  • transfer by deed (verb)

    Examples

    1. grant land

    Synonyms

    1. deed over
  • any monetary aid (noun)
  • a right or privilege that has been granted (noun)

See definition of grants in Merriam Webster