consign

consign

verb

Definition of CONSIGN

1

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another <consigned the prisoner to the dungeon>

Synonyms consign, dispatch, pack (off), ship, shoot, transfer, transmit, transport

Related Words convey, deliver, hand over, pass, render; advance, drop, launch; address, forward; export, import; bestow, contribute, donate, give, present; resend, return

Near Antonyms acquire, draw, earn, gain, garner, get, obtain, procure, secure

Antonyms accept, receive

2

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another <the deliveryman had consigned our package to a next-door neighbor>

Synonyms commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust (also intrust), give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest

Related Words confer, grant; assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide; hand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield; bequeath, hand down, hand on, will; advance, lend, loan; furnish, supply; recommit, redeliver, regive, retransfer, retransmit

Near Antonyms detain, hold back, reserve, withhold; own, possess; accept, receive, take in; occupy, take, take over

Antonyms hold, keep, retain