| Main Entry: | relegate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign, transfer |
Synonyms: |
accredit, charge, commend, commit, confide, consign, credit, delegate, entrust, hand over, pass on, refer, turn over |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
assume, hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | relegate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | banish, downgrade |
Synonyms: |
demote, deport, dismiss, displace, eject, exile, expatriate, expel, expulse, lag, ostracize, remove, throw out, transport |
Antonyms: |
promote, upgrade |
| 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: | banish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel from place or situation |
Synonyms: |
ban, cast out, deport, discard, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, drive away, eject, eliminate, eradicate, evict, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expulse, extradict, get rid of, isolate, ostracize, oust, outlaw, proscribe, relegate, remove, rusticate, sequester, shake off, shut out, transport |
Antonyms: |
allow, keep, welcome |
| 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: | 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: | confide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entrust |
Synonyms: |
bestow, charge, commend, commit, consign, delegate, hand over, present, relegate, trust |
Antonyms: |
keep |
| Main Entry: | consign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entrust, hand over for care |
Synonyms: |
address, appoint, assign, authorize, commend to, commission, commit, confide, convey, delegate, deliver, deposit with, dispatch, forward, give, issue, put in charge of, relegate, remit, route, send, ship, transfer, transmit, turn over |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, receive, retain |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | demote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | downgrade, lower in rank |
Synonyms: |
bench, break, bump, bust, declass, degrade, demean, demerit, dismiss, disrate, hold back, kick downstairs, lower, reduce, relegate, set back |
Antonyms: |
improve, promote, rate, upgrade |