CHARTERS Synonyms: 124 Similar and Opposite Words

charters 1 of 2

noun

plural of charter

as in treaties

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as in grants

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charters

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of charter

as in rents

to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum charter a boat

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as in enables

British to give official or legal power to a London firm seeking the services of a chartered accountant

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Recent Examples of charters

Noun

Shifting charters The warfare isn’t helping the lucrative charter business. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2026

Verb

The industry now builds the rooms, charters the shuttles, and saves the yacht seats. — Taylor Reilly, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 The company charters Explorer-class ships, limiting capacity to roughly 180 travelers. — Malika Bowling, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026 The law that charters the Fed allows the president to dismiss policymakers for cause, which is generally interpreted to mean gross professional negligence or malfeasance. — New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025 The airline also charters a Bombardier Global 6000, which seats 13 but is limited to 11 for these flights, and Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV, which seats 12 but is limited to 10. — Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for charters

Noun

International treaties and agreements govern the use and proliferation of the inputs used to create biological, chemical and nuclear weapons.

— Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Most governments agreed to deal with them through a patchwork of treaties and multilateral bodies that sought to guarantee freedom of navigation in international waters and assign coastal seabeds to adjacent littoral states.

— Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of treaties

Noun

The second motion was a preliminary injunction order (PI) intended to stop the Fearless Strivers Grant program, an initiative run by the Fearless Foundation, our nonprofit providing grants and educational resources to Black women entrepreneurs.

— Arian Simone, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
The income data is based on information collected from students who received federal loans or grants.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of grants

Verb

Dan Pfoltzer, a 75-year-old school bus driver who rents a small home in Nassau, New York, has been warily watching oil heat prices for months.

— Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
According to Page Six, Earle rents a luxury two-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles.

— India Roby, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of rents

Verb

Thorium-229 enables nuclear timing Thorium-229 offers a rare advantage for nuclear timekeeping.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
Yet, one of leadership’s great paradoxes is that slowing down enough to invest in people is often what ultimately enables teams and organizations to move faster.

— Michael Corvini, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of enables

Noun

Flock Safety’s license plate scanners are being vandalized and cities have ended contracts with the company over community outcry.

— Samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Weeks later, Kao told his team Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts.

— Katie Nixdorf, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of contracts

Noun

The evening was beautiful, strange, and so far removed from the prerogatives of retail as to suggest that its entire purpose was not to have one.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
But my ultimate loyalty rests with the Constitution, which gives certain prerogatives to Congress.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of prerogatives

Verb

Verity can’t finish her book series for mysterious reasons, so Jeremy hires Lowen to do so for her.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Whether that is a potential path forward is impossible to predict until Crane hires a new head of baseball operations.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of hires

Verb

Leibowitz ultimately framed the dispute not around whether noncitizens should vote, but around which level of government the Constitution empowers to decide who may participate in federal elections.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
The report recommended that the LAFD prioritize a culture that empowers firefighters to inform their supervisors about hot spots, unsafe conditions and other concerns.

— Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026