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relegate - 20 thesaurus results
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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