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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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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