entrusts - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | entrust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give custody, authority to |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, assign, authorize, bank, charge, commend, commit, confer, confide, consign, count, delegate, deliver, depend, hand over, impose, invest, reckon, relegate, rely, trust, turn over, bend an ear, deposit with, leave with |
| Main Entry: | accredit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give authorization or control |
| Synonyms: | appoint, approve, authorize, certify, commission, empower, enable, endorse, entrust, guarantee, license, okay, recognize, sanction, vouch for |
| Antonyms: | deny, disapprove, 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, impute, name, nominate, ordain, refer, reference, select, slot, tab, tag, hold responsible, pin on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bequeath |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give in a will |
| Synonyms: | bestow, commit, devise, endow, entrust, grant, hand down, impart, leave, legate, transmit, will, hand on, leave to, pass on |
| Antonyms: | take |
| Main Entry: | bestow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, allot |
| Synonyms: | accord, apportion, award, bequeath, come through, commit, confer, devote, donate, entrust, favor, gift, give away, grant, hand out, impart, kick in, lavish, offer, present, put out, honor with, render to |
| Antonyms: | deprive, refuse, take |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | load, tax |
| Synonyms: | afflict, burden, choke, clog, commit, cram, crowd, encumber, entrust, fill, heap, impregnate, instill, pack, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pile, ram, saddle, saturate, suffuse, weigh, cumber, lade, transfuse |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order something done |
| Synonyms: | adjure, ask, bid, command, direct, enjoin, entrust, exhort, instruct, request, require, solicit, tell, warn |
| Main Entry: | commend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hand over with confidence |
| Synonyms: | assign, commit, confer, confide, consign, deliver, entrust, proffer, relegate, resign, tender, trust, turn over, yield |
| Antonyms: | deny, keep, refuse |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize or delegate task |
| Synonyms: | accredit, appoint, assign, bespeak, bid, charge, command, commit, consign, constitute, contract, crown, deputize, dispatch, employ, empower, enable, engage, enlist, enroll, entrust, hire, inaugurate, induct, instruct, invest, license, name, nominate, ordain, order, select, send, confide to, depute |
| Antonyms: | retract, unauthorize |
| Main Entry: | delegate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign responsibility |
| Synonyms: | authorize, consign, entrust, give, hand over, relegate, transfer, devolve, hold responsible for, parcel out*, pass on, send on errand, send on mission, shunt |
| Notes: | as a noun, delegate is a person appointed or elected to represent others - as a verb delegate means to transfer power or authority to someone; relegate means to refer to another person for decision or judgment or assign to a lower position or reduce in rank a delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people, often at a conference during an assembly's regular session; a legate usually acts alone while a delegate acts as part of a group |
| Antonyms: | keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deposit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | locate, put in place for safekeeping |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, bank, collect, commit, deliver, ditch, drop, entrust, garner, hoard, install, invest, keep, lay, park, place, plant*, plunk*, precipitate, repose, rest, salt away*, save, settle, squirrel away*, store, stow, transfer, treasure, give in trust, lay away, plop, plunk down, put aside, put by, sit down, sock away, stash, stock up |
| Antonyms: | take away, take out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deputize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appoint as a deputy |
| Synonyms: | assign, authorize, commission, consign, delegate, entrust, mandate, depute |
| Main Entry: | devote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commit one's energies, thoughts |
| Synonyms: | allot, apply, apportion, appropriate, assign, bestow, bless, confide, consecrate, consign, dedicate, donate, enshrine, entrust, give, give away, hallow, hand out, pledge, present, reserve, sanctify, vow, concern oneself, occupy oneself, set apart |
| Antonyms: | misappropriate, misuse, waste |
| Main Entry: | empower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize, enable |
| Synonyms: | accredit, allow, charge, commission, delegate, entitle, entrust, grant, invest, license, okay, permit, privilege, qualify, sanction, vest, warrant, capacitate, legitimize |
| Antonyms: | refuse, reject, revoke, disenfranchise |
| Main Entry: | give |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute, supply, transfer |
| Synonyms: | accord, administer, allow, award, bequeath, bestow, cede, come across, commit, confer, consign, convey, deed, deliver, dish out*, dispense, dispose of, dole out, donate, endow, entrust, furnish, gift, grant, hand down, hand out, hand over, lease, pass out, permit, present, provide, relinquish, remit, sell, shell out*, subsidize, tip, transmit, turn over, vouchsafe, will, ante up, fork over, heap upon, lavish upon, lay upon, let have, make over*, parcel out, part with, pass down, pony up, throw in |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hand over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back; release |
| Synonyms: | abandon, cede, commend, commit, consign, deliver, dispense, donate, entrust, feed, find, hand, leave, present, provide, relegate, relinquish, supply, surrender, transfer, turn over, waive, yield, fork out*, fork up, give up |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute money to make money |
| Synonyms: | advance, back, bankroll, devote, endow, entrust, imbue, infuse, lay out, lend, loan, plunge, provide, salt away*, sink, spend, stake, supply, buy into, buy stock, endue, get into, go in for, pick up the tab, plow back into, put in, put up dough |
| Antonyms: | divest, take out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, especially after death |
| Synonyms: | allot, apportion, assign, bequeath, bequest, cede, commit, confide, consign, demise, devise, entrust, hand down, legate, refer, transmit, will, give over, leave behind |
| Antonyms: | hold |
| Main Entry: | lend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | loan, accommodate |
| Synonyms: | add, advance, afford, allow, bestow, confer, contribute, entrust, extend, furnish, give, grant, impart, let, loan shark, oblige, permit, present, provide, stake, supply, trust, lay on one, lend-lease, shark |
| Antonyms: | borrow |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | order, sort |
| Synonyms: | allocate, appoint, approximate, arrange, assign, call, charge, class, classify, commission, constitute, delegate, deputize, designate, entrust, estimate, fix, give, grade, group, judge, name, nominate, ordain, put, rank, reckon |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, discompose, disorder |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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