| Main Entry: | hand over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back; release |
Synonyms: |
abandon, cede, commend, commit, consign, deliver, dispense, donate, entrust, feed, find, fork out, fork up, give up, hand, leave, present, provide, relegate, relinquish, supply, surrender, transfer, turn over, waive, yield |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, retain |
| Main Entry: | assign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set apart for a reason |
Synonyms: |
allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, consign, designate, detail, determine, dish out, distribute, divide, earmark, fix, fork out, give, grant, hand out, hand over, indicate, mete, prescribe, relegate, shell out, specify, stipulate |
Antonyms: |
keep |
| Main Entry: | cede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, surrender |
Synonyms: |
abalienate, abdicate, accord, alien, alienate, allow, capitulate, come across with, communicate, concede, convey, deed, drop, fold*, fork over, give in*, give up, grant, hand over*, leave, make over, part with, relinquish, remise, renounce, resign, sign over, throw in the sponge, throw in the towel, transfer, vouchsafe, waive, yield |
| Notes: | cede means to give over, surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another - while a seed is a small hard fruit or a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat |
Antonyms: |
defend, fight, gain, guard, take over, win |
| 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: | concede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acknowledge, give in |
Synonyms: |
accept, accord, admit, allow, avow, award, bury the hatchet, capitulate, cave in, cede, confess, cry uncle, ditto*, fess up, fold, give up, go along with, go with the flow, grant, hand over, knuckle under, let on, own, own up, play ball with, quit, relinquish, say uncle, surrender, throw in the towel, waive, yes one, yield |
Antonyms: |
contradict, disacknowledge, disagree, dispute, dissent, fight, refuse, reject, repudiate |
| Main Entry: | confide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entrust |
Synonyms: |
bestow, charge, commend, commit, consign, delegate, hand over, present, relegate, trust |
Antonyms: |
keep |
| Main Entry: | delegate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign responsibility |
Synonyms: |
authorize, consign, devolve, entrust, give, hand over, hold responsible for, parcel out, pass on, relegate, send on errand, send on mission, shunt, transfer |
Antonyms: |
keep |
| Main Entry: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transfer, carry |
Synonyms: |
bear, bring, cart, come across with, convey, dish out, distribute, drop, fork over, gimme, give, hand, hand over, hand-carry, pass, put on, put out, remit, transport, truck |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, retain |
| Main Entry: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relinquish possession |
Synonyms: |
abandon, cede, commit, give up, grant, hand over, let go, resign, surrender, transfer, turn over, yield |
Antonyms: |
capture, limit, restrain, restrict |
| Main Entry: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge, give forth |
Synonyms: |
accouch, bear, birth, born, dispense, feed, find, hand, hand over, produce, provide, release, supply, turn over |