Basic Details
Word: Endowed
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Naturally having a good quality or ability (endowed with talent); also given money or property to support it, as a school or hospital can be.
Synonyms: blessed, gifted, provided, equipped
Antonyms: lacking, deprived
How to Spell Endowed
Syllables: en - dowed
Tricky part: The middle sound is spelt ow, as in allow, not ou. The ending is ed, so endowd is wrong.
Watch out for: endoued, indowed, endowd, endaued
Memory tip: Spot the word owed at the end: en + d + owed. Nature owed her a gift, so it endowed her with a fine voice.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The family endowed a scholarship in their grandfather's name.
Example 2: Few people are endowed with patience like my grandmother's.
Example 3: Our town is not endowed with many parks.
Fun Fact
Endow goes back to an old French word meaning to give a dowry, from Latin dos, a gift made at marriage.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the word closest in meaning to endowed as used in the sentence:
Mira is endowed with a remarkable memory for numbers and phone codes.
a) troubled
b) bored
c) lacking
d) gifted
Show answer
d) gifted. Being endowed with something means naturally having it, like a gift; lacking is the opposite.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Nature has endoued the island with clean beaches, tall coconut palms and coral reefs that attract divers from many countries every winter.
a) coral
b) divers
c) coconut
d) endoued
Show answer
d) endoued. The sound in the middle is spelt ow, as in allow, not ou.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
Snow leopards are oewdedn with thick fur that keeps them warm high in the mountains.
a) endowed
b) ended
c) owned
d) endorsed
Show answer
a) endowed. All seven letters, including the w and two d's, spell endowed; endorsed needs an r and an s.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A school that has been endowed has ____.
a) been painted in bright new colours
b) had to close for lack of students
c) received money or property to support it
d) lost its old building in a fire
Show answer
c) received money or property to support it
2. Which noun names money given to support a college or hospital?
a) window
b) enrolment
c) endowment
d) endurance
Show answer
c) endowment
