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appointment - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: appointment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: arrangement for meeting; prearranged meeting
Synonyms: assignation, assignment, blind date, consultation, date, engagement, errand, gig, interview, invitation, meet, rendezvous, session, tryst, zero hour*
Main Entry: appointment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: assignment of responsibility
Synonyms: allotment, approval, authorization, choice, choosing, delegation, deputation, designation, election, installation, nomination, ordination, promotion, selection, assigning, certification, commissioning, empowering, naming
Main Entry: appointment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: job, position of responsibility
Synonyms: appointee, assignment, berth, candidate, delegate, employment, nominee, office, place, post, representative, situation, station, work, officeholder
Main Entry: appointment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: furnishing(s)
Synonyms: appurtenance, equipage, fitting, fixture, gear, outfit, paraphernalia, trappings, accoutrement
Main Entry: assignation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: clandestine meeting
Synonyms: affair, appointment, date, engagement, love nest*, one-night stand*, quickie, rendezvous, tryst, heavy date, illicit meeting, secret meeting
Main Entry: consultation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: asking, conference
Synonyms: appointment, argument, conference, council, deliberation, dialogue, discussion, examination, hearing, huddle, interview, meeting, powwow*, session, buzz session, clambake, confab, groupthink, second opinion
Main Entry: election
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: choosing; voting
Synonyms: alternative, appointment, ballot, choice, decision, determination, franchise, judgment, option, poll, preference, primary, referendum, selection, ticket, balloting, polls, vote-casting
Main Entry: fitting
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: accessory
Synonyms: appointment, attachment, component, connection, convenience, equipment, extra, furniture, instrument, paraphernalia, part, piece, trimming, unit, accouterment, furnishing
Main Entry: furniture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: household property
Synonyms: appliance, appointment, bed, bookcase, buffet, bureau, cabinet, chair, chattel, chest, commode, couch, counter, cupboard, davenport, desk, dresser, effect, equipment, goods, hutch, possession, sideboard, sofa, stool, table, thing, wardrobe, fittings, furnishing, highboy, movables
Main Entry: trappings
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: paraphernalia, equipment
Synonyms: adornment, apparel, appointment, decoration, dress, embellishment, finery, fitting, fixture, gear, ornament, personal effects, raiment, rigging, things, trimming, accouterment, furnishing, livery, panoply
Main Entry: tryst
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: meeting during a love affair
Synonyms: appointment, assignation, date, engagement, meet, meeting, rendezvous, union
Main Entry: visit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: social call upon another
Synonyms: appointment, call, evening, holiday, interview, sojourn, stay, stop, stopover, talk, vacation, visitation, tarriance, weekend
Notes: a visit is an instance of visiting; a visitation is an act of visiting - with visitation carrying the connotation of an unexpected or undesired occurrence
Main Entry: selecting
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: choosing
Synonyms: appointment, choice, denomination, determination, determining, election, isolation, selection, separation, appointing, culling, denominating, electing, indicating, isolating, picking, separating
Main Entry: assignment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: responsibility, task
Synonyms: appointment, beat, charge, chore, commission, drill, duty, job, mission, position, post, practice, stint, homework
Main Entry: commission
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: task, duty
Synonyms: agency, appointment, authority, certificate, charge, consignment, delegation, deputation, diploma, embassy, employment, errand, function, instruction, mandate, mission, obligation, office, permit, proxy, trust, warrant, work, brevet, legation, power of attorney
Main Entry: conference
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: convention, colloquium
Synonyms: appointment, argument, chat, colloquy, conferring, congress, consultation, conversation, convocation, deliberation, discussion, forum, huddle, interchange, interview, meeting, palaver, parley, powwow*, round table, seminar, symposium, talk, ventilation, confabulation, gabfest, groupthink, round robin, think-in
Main Entry: delegation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: assignment of responsibility
Synonyms: appointment, authorization, charge, consignment, conveyance, deputation, installation, mandate, nomination, ordination, reference, referring, trust, apportioning, commissioning, committal, consigning, conveying, deputization, deputizing, devolution, entrustment, giving over, investiture, relegation, sending away, submittal, submitting, transferal, transference, transferring
Antonyms: keeping
Main Entry: dispensation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: allocation of supply
Synonyms: allotment, appointment, apportionment, award, consignment, courtesy, disbursement, distribution, dole, endowment, favor, indulgence, kindness, part, portion, quota, service, share, bestowal, conferment, dealing out
Main Entry: encounter
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: chance meeting
Synonyms: appointment, brush, concurrence, confrontation, interview, rendezvous
Antonyms: avoidance, evasion, retreat
Main Entry: job
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: employment
Synonyms: activity, appointment, assignment, berth, billet, business, calling, capacity, career, chore, connection, craft, daily grind, engagement, faculty, function, gig*, grind*, handicraft, line, livelihood, métier, means, niche, occupation, office, opening, operation, place, position, post, profession, pursuit, racket*, rat race*, situation, spot, stint, swindle*, task, trade, vocation, work, nine-to-five, posting
Antonyms: unemployment
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