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noun

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as in treaty
a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples hoped to bring about a peace accord between the warring nations

Synonyms & Similar Words

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Synonym Chooser

How does the verb accord contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of accord are award, concede, grant, and vouchsafe. While all these words mean "to give as a favor or a right," accord implies giving to another what is due or proper.

accorded all the honors befitting a head of state

When might award be a better fit than accord?

Although the words award and accord have much in common, award implies giving what is deserved or merited usually after a careful weighing of pertinent factors.

awarded the company a huge defense contract

When is it sensible to use concede instead of accord?

While in some cases nearly identical to accord, concede implies yielding something reluctantly in response to a rightful or compelling claim.

even her critics concede she can be charming

Where would grant be a reasonable alternative to accord?

In some situations, the words grant and accord are roughly equivalent. However, grant implies giving to a claimant or petitioner something that could be withheld.

granted them a new hearing

When is vouchsafe a more appropriate choice than accord?

While the synonyms vouchsafe and accord are close in meaning, vouchsafe implies granting something as a courtesy or an act of gracious condescension.

vouchsafed the secret to only a few chosen disciples

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of accord
Noun
In his first weeks in office, President Donald Trump has frozen federal funding for clean energy and withdrawn the United States from global climate accords, reneging on commitments to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025 Hopelessness can lead to immigrants leaving the country on their own accord. Kristina Fullerton Rico, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2025 Motivated by the chance to follow in the footsteps of Rennes alumni such as Yoann Gourcuff, Ousmane Dembele and Eduardo Camavinga, Tel signed a kind of pre-contract – known in France as an accord de non-sollicitation (non-solicitation agreement) – with Les Rouge et Noir in 2018. Tom Williams, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025 In 2023, Pyongyang scrapped a 2018 military accord designed to curb the risk of inadvertent clashes between two countries that remain technically at war, prompting the South to take a similar step. Reuters, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for accord
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accord
Verb
  • Her Forest appointment coincided with the hiring of Dave Long — former Forest boys academy coach and women’s football coach developer and talent reporter — as head of the girls’ academy.
    Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The purging of bureaucrats has often coincided with zealous announcements of a new golden age.
    Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • For those in need, Form 4868 is the unsung hero of spring, granting you an automatic six-month extension to file your tax return.
    Ashley Case, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Hoffman was granted a temporary reprieve by a federal judge, but it was overturned Friday by the Fifth Circuit courts and additional attempts to stop the state’s execution were also rejected Tuesday morning.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That same year, facing intimidation by land-hungry settlers, the Shawnee signed another treaty ceding most of their Kansas reservation to the government, leaving the area around the mission to the Methodist church.
    Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Some politicians have floated establishing a post-independence defense treaty with Denmark, Canada, or even the United States, which already has a military base in the Arctic Circle in far northwest Greenland.
    Lauren Kent, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The increase in prescriptions, and the prescribers who work in a broad range of specialties, point to the need for further audits into whether claims are being paid in accordance with Medicare requirements, the IG said.
    Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Experts from the Earthquake Research Center of Istanbul Technical University and civil engineering professors from Dokuz Eylül university concluded that if the hotel had been built in accordance with earthquake regulations the building would not have collapsed.
    Emily Wither, The Dial, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The latest is an agreement with Iraq to rehabilitate the Kirkuk oilfield.
    Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The California Department of Human Resources said individual departments determine which employees are eligible for the stipend based on the telework agreements.
    William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The general consensus of those in the industry was that people were looking for someone to yell at, and, well, influencers were right there.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Ulta’s earnings came in at $8.46 per share, topping the LSEG consensus estimate of $7.12 per share.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Sides included fries, chili and chili cheese fries, and there were four choices of housemade sauces.
    Camryn Dadey, Sacramento Bee, 16 Mar. 2025
  • For those who want to stay cool in the summer and warm in the weather to get quality sleep, bamboo bedding from British brand Luff Sleep is a top choice.
    Pooja Shah, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The equation no longer corresponds to a Turing machine that computes perfect squares—and, more generally, the Diophantine equations can no longer encode the halting problem.
    Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Under Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, the Space Force has defined a highly effective strategy; corresponding operational concepts and technologies; and a new training regimen to ensure U.S. equities in space are secured.
    David A. Deptula, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025

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“Accord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accord. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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