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| Main Entry: | relegate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign, transfer |
| Synonyms: | accredit, charge, commend, commit, confide, consign, credit, delegate, entrust, hand over, refer, turn over, pass on |
| 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, lag, ostracize, remove, throw out, transport, expulse |
| Antonyms: | promote, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | banish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel from place or situation |
| Synonyms: | ban, deport, discard, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, eject, eliminate, eradicate, evict, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, get rid of, isolate, ostracize, oust, outlaw, proscribe, relegate, remove, sequester, shake off, shut out, transport, cast out, drive away, expulse, extradict, rusticate |
| Antonyms: | allow, keep, welcome |
| Main Entry: | consign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entrust, hand over for care |
| Synonyms: | address, appoint, assign, authorize, commission, commit, confide, convey, delegate, deliver, dispatch, forward, give, issue, relegate, remit, route, send, ship, transfer, transmit, turn over, commend to, deposit with, put in charge of |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, receive, retain |
| Main Entry: | demote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | downgrade, lower in rank |
| Synonyms: | bench*, break, bump, bust, degrade, demean, demerit, dismiss, hold back, lower, reduce, relegate, set back, declass, disrate, kick downstairs |
| Antonyms: | improve, promote, rate, upgrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deport |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | banish |
| Synonyms: | dismiss, displace, exile, expatriate, expel, extradite, oust, relegate, transport, cast out, expulse, ship out |
| Antonyms: | allow, permit, stay |
| 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: | exile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deport from place |
| Synonyms: | banish, displace, dispossess, eject, evacuate, expatriate, expel, extradite, ostracize, oust, outlaw, proscribe, relegate, transport, turn out, cast out, drive out, expulse |
| Antonyms: | import, take in, welcome |
| Main Entry: | expatriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw out of a country |
| Synonyms: | banish, deport, displace, exile, expel, ostracize, oust, proscribe, relegate, transport, expulse |
| Antonyms: | allow, welcome |
| 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: | oust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel, get rid of |
| Synonyms: | banish, bereave, bounce*, chase, depose, deprive, dethrone, discharge, disinherit, dislodge, displace, dispossess, divest, eject, evict, fire, kick out, lay off, lose, ostracize, pink slip*, relegate, remove, rob, sack, send packing*, throw out, topple, transport, turn out, unseat, boot out, bundle off, cast out, drive out, expulse, force out, give the 1-2-3, let go, pack off, show the door |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transfer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass possession to |
| Synonyms: | assign, bear, bring, carry, cart, cede, change, consign, convert, convey, deed, delegate, deliver, dislocate, dispatch, dispense, displace, disturb, express, feed, ferry, find, forward, give, hand, hand over, haul, lug, mail, metamorphose, move, pass the buck*, post, provide, relegate, remove, sell, send, shift, ship, shoulder, supply, translate, transmit, transplant, transport, transpose, turn over, make over, pass on, relocate, sign over, taxi, tote, transfigure, transmogrify, transmute |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dismiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send away, remove; free |
| Synonyms: | abolish, banish, boot*, brush off*, bundle, cast off*, chase, chuck, clear, decline, deport, detach, disband, discard, dispatch, dispense with, disperse, dispose of, dissolve, divorce, do without, eject, expel, kick out*, outlaw, reject, release, relegate, relinquish, repel, repudiate, rid, send packing*, shed, supersede, turn out, cast out*, drive out, force out, have done with, let go, let out, lock out, push aside, push back, send off, show out, slough off, sweep away |
| Antonyms: | accept, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | displace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move, remove from normal place |
| Synonyms: | change, derange, disarrange, dislocate, dislodge, dispossess, disturb, eject, evict, expel, lose, mislay, misplace, relegate, shift, transpose, unsettle, uproot, crowd out, disestablish, displant, expulse, force out |
| Antonyms: | leave |
| Main Entry: | remove |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift or move object; take off, away |
| Synonyms: | abolish, abstract, amputate, cut out, delete, depose, detach, dethrone, discard, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, displace, disturb, do away with, doff, efface, eject, eliminate, erase, evacuate, expel, expunge, extract, get rid of, junk*, oust, pull out, purge, raise, relegate, separate, shed, ship, skim, strike out, take down, throw out, transfer, transport, unload, unseat, uproot, wipe out*, withdraw, carry away, carry off, cart off, clear away, dig out, rip out, take out, tear out |
| Antonyms: | fix, place, remain, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | turn over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, transfer |
| Synonyms: | assign, commend, commit, confer, confide, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, entrust, feed, find, furnish, hand, hand over, provide, relegate, relinquish, render, supply, surrender, yield, come across with, give over, give up, pass on |
| Antonyms: | receive, take |
| 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, give, grant, hand out*, hand over, indicate, mete, prescribe, relegate, shell out*, specify, stipulate, fork out* |
| Antonyms: | keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, confide, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, deposit, deputize, destine, dispatch, employ, empower, engage, give, hand over, hold, ice, imprison, institutionalize, invest, move, offer, ordain, promise, put away, relegate, remove, send, shift, submit, transfer, vest, confer trust, depend upon, depute, give to do, grant authority, intrust, leave to, make responsible for, put in the hands of, rely upon, turn over to |
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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