SHARES Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

shares 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of share

as in participates

to take a share or part everyone in the enterprise will share in the profits

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2 of 2

noun

plural of share

as in portions

something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group my share of the lottery winnings is over a million dollars her share of the bill comes to $13.44

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as in interests

a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something she sold her share in the business to her partner

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Trump will hold a campaign rally in Arizona next week, visiting a county that Crane shares with another Republican congressman. — Dan Merica, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 Flowers, who grew up in Las Vegas and Utah and who shares three sons with his wife, spoke about the album in his dressing room last month a few hours before the Ford show. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 Blue noise shares the character of white noise but sits at higher frequency, with volume that increases as pitch goes up, per Sleepopolis. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026 Humor is such a direct line to love for me and when someone else shares your sense of humor is magical. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Skillet now regularly shares stages with a wide range of acts, from the devout to the secular, including Korn, Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown, Disturbed, and Papa Roach. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 8 Oct. 2026 The latter was produced by Artists Equity, the company Affleck shares with Matt Damon, and Lopez herself. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2026 The proposal shares the same name as the 2024 amendment that legalized access to the procedure. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026 Jake Hutzler, an air traffic controller, travels to his job site at Pueblo Memorial Airport by power paragliding at least once a week and shares his flying adventures on Instagram. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026

Noun

Only governments, tribal governments, and charities can make these stock gifts, so billionaires have to move their shares into a charity first. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 This position enabled a client to make a charitable gift of more than $100,000 earlier this year through the transfer of 700 shares that originally cost less than $1,800, Clapp said. — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 The filing showed that Zaslav sold shares worth more than $224 million in WBD on conjunction with the acquisition, while options that were in the money netted him an additional $381 million or so. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 Danielle Friedman does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. — Danielle Friedman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026 The merger, unveiled in February and valued at $110 billion, called for Paramount to acquire all of WBD’s outstanding shares at $31. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026 Alito said he was not required to recuse himself and that the energy shares in question were inherited by his wife. — Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026 The narrator of The Radiance, also named Ayad Akhtar, is a Pakistani American playwright and novelist who has ostensibly written the books Akhtar has written and shares many of the same biographical coordinates. — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 Donating shares—whether involving an IPO or not—can be one of the most tax-effective ways to support charitable causes. — Joe Crome, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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Verb

The debate is becoming less about whether AI works and more about where decisions should reside, how much autonomy should be delegated and who remains accountable when AI participates in the workflow.

— Rahul Saluja, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
The cheerleading team at Evergreen Park participates in a community service project every year.

— Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of participates

Noun

This year, lingering warmth could disrupt or shorten the fall foliage window for large portions of the country.

— Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Tishman’s people have spent the past few years sprucing up Rockefeller Center — the oldest portions of which are comparable in age to the Chrysler Building, though they’ve been better maintained — and trying to make its retail spaces more of a draw.

— Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of portions

Noun

Ultimately, after he was found out to be a con artist, according to his critics, Minnesota media appears to be more so upset that Jamal was not acting in the Somali community’s best interests.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
There will always be smart people, tech people, who don't have the world's best interests in mind.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of interests

Noun

And, as is the case in other parts of Europe, the real estate market in Hungary is cyclical.

— Lucy Handley, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
To add to the dire situation, up to 80% of large parts of the city’s groundwater is contaminated, both by sewage and by naturally occurring substances such as arsenic.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of parts

Noun

Through regular exercises and strategic updates, districts and institutions can pinpoint and remedy potential gaps in their protocols before a real cyber emergency forces them to make high-stakes decisions under pressure.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
The Buffs and the Blue Raiders are undefeated in district play and will face off in a high-stakes Week 7 clash.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of stakes

Noun

For fall 2026, the focus is on four core jackets, the Karakorum, Verone, Himalaya and Tibb, each reworked with new materials, proportions and details.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026
Named after the famous Parisian district and first introduced in 2004, the style has become a Louboutin signature with its sleek proportions expressing the sensuality embedded in the brand.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of proportions

Noun

Territories needed to be assigned, quotas had to be set, and compensation needed to be calculated accurately and paid on time.

— Arnab Mishra, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Responses with the error were discarded, as were voters who had already been attempted, and quotas were reset.

— New York Times, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of quotas

Noun

Day-Lewis refused to stand between takes, remaining in his wheelchair, and made production assistants feed him by hand.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
At the masterclass, Alfonso expanded on his approach to long takes and framing, invoking French filmmaker Alain Resnais.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

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