| Main Entry: | ordain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | establish, install |
Synonyms: |
anoint, appoint, bless, call, commission, consecrate, constitute, deal, deal with, decree, delegate, destine, dictate, elect, enact, enjoin, fix, frock, impose, institute, invest, lay down the law, legislate, nominate, order, prescribe, pronounce, put foot down, rule, set, walk heavy, will |
Antonyms: |
cancel, disallow, retract, void |
| Main Entry: | appoint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign responsibility; decide |
Synonyms: |
accredit, allot, assign, choose, command, commission, decree, delegate, designate, determine, direct, elect, enjoin, establish, finger, fix, install, name, nominate, ordain, select, set, settle, tap |
Antonyms: |
dismiss, fire, refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | assign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select and give a responsibility |
Synonyms: |
accredit, allow, appoint, ascribe, attach, attribute, authorize, cast, charge, choice, commission, commit, credit, delegate, deputize, designate, downlink, download, draft, elect, empower, enroll, entrust, hang on, hire, hold responsible, impute, name, nominate, ordain, pin on, refer, reference, select, slot, tab, tag |
| Main Entry: | bless |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sanctify |
Synonyms: |
absolve, anoint, baptize, beatify, canonize, commend, confirm, consecrate, cross, dedicate, enshrine, eulogize, exalt, extol, give thanks to, glorify, hallow, honor, invoke benefits, invoke happiness, laud, magnify, make holy, offer, offer benediction, ordain, panegyrize, praise, pray for, pronounce holy, sacrifice, sign, sprinkle, thank |
Antonyms: |
condemn, curse, damn |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand or announce action |
Synonyms: |
appeal to, appoint, ask, challenge, charge, claim, command, declare, decree, elect, entreat, exact, ordain, order, postulate, pray to, proclaim, require, requisition, set apart, solicit, summon |
Antonyms: |
stop |
| Main Entry: | carry on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage operations |
Synonyms: |
administer, conduct, direct, engage in, keep, operate, ordain, run |
Antonyms: |
mismanage |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand |
Synonyms: |
adjure, appoint, authorize, ban, bar, beckon, bid, call, call for, call on, call the signals, call upon, charge, check, cite, compel, debar, dictate, direct, enact, enjoin, exact, forbid, force upon, give directions, give orders, grant, impose, inflict, inhibit, instruct, interdict, lay down the law, mark out, oblige, ordain, order, ordinate, proclaim, prohibit, put foot down, require, requisition, restrain, rule out, send for, set, subpoena, summon, take charge, take lead, task, tell, warn |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
Antonyms: |
contradict, countermand, oppose, recall, reverse, revoke |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize or delegate task |
Synonyms: |
accredit, appoint, assign, bespeak, bid, charge, command, commit, confide to, consign, constitute, contract, crown, depute, deputize, dispatch, employ, empower, enable, engage, enlist, enroll, entrust, hire, inaugurate, induct, instruct, invest, license, name, nominate, ordain, order, select, send |
Antonyms: |
retract, unauthorize |
| Main Entry: | commit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deliver, entrust |
Synonyms: |
allocate, allot, apportion, authorize, charge, commend, commission, confer trust, confide, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, depend upon, deposit, depute, deputize, destine, dispatch, employ, empower, engage, give, give to do, grant authority, hand over, hold, ice, imprison, institutionalize, intrust, invest, leave to, make responsible for, move, offer, ordain, promise, put away, put in the hands of, relegate, rely upon, remove, send, shift, submit, transfer, turn over to, vest |
Antonyms: |
keep, keep from |
| Main Entry: | conduct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | administer |
Synonyms: |
accompany, attend, call the tune, carry on*, chair, chaperon, control, convey, direct, engineer, escort, govern, guide, handle, head, keep, lead, manage, operate, ordain, order, organize, oversee, pilot, preside over, regulate, ride herd on, rule, run, run things, shepherd, steer, supervise, trailblaze, usher, wield baton |