Synonyms of equipping

equipping

verb

present participle of equip

1

as in preparing

to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function

years of service in the congress and in the cabinet equipped him better than most people for the office of the presidency

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preparing
• qualifying
• training
• enabling
• teaching
• readying
• adapting
• adjusting
• fitting
• shaping
• educating
• authorizing
• conditioning
• empowering
• grooming
• tailoring
• entitling
• accustoming
• seasoning
• instructing
• habituating
• indoctrinating
• tutoring
• schooling

2

as in furnishing

to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity

a visit to a ski shop to equip ourselves for a week of skiing in the Rockies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• furnishing
• supplying
• outfitting
• preparing
• provisioning
• rigging
• arming
• fitting (out)
• presenting
• girding
• fortifying
• storing
• accoutering
• contributing
• kitting (up or out)
• donating
• distributing
• stocking
• accoutring
• dispensing
• bestowing
• allocating
• dealing (out)
• apportioning
• giving
• assigning
• allotting
• reequipping
• portioning
• prorating
• handing out
• refitting
• re-equipping
• meting (out)
• doling out
• refurnishing
• parcelling (out)
• parceling (out)
• reoutfitting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stripping
• depriving
• divesting
• dispossessing