relegate

relegate

verb

Definition of RELEGATE

1

to force to leave a country <courtiers and generals who incurred the emperor's disfavor were soon relegated to the farther reaches of the empire>

Synonyms deport, displace, exile, expatriate, relegate, transport

Related Words cast out, dismiss, eject, eliminate, evict, exclude, expel, expulse, kick out, oust, run out, throw out; excommunicate, ostracize, reject, repudiate, spurn; dispossess

Near Antonyms naturalize, repatriate; accept, admit, receive, take in; entertain, harbor, house, shelter

2

to arrange or assign according to type <some psychologists argue that the syndrome should be relegated to a different class of autism>

Synonyms assort, break down, categorize, class, codify, compartment, compartmentalize, digest, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, peg, place, range, rank, relegate, separate, sort, type

Related Words array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, systematize; alphabetize, catalog (or catalogue), file, index, list, refer; pigeonhole, shelve; identify, recognize; cull, screen, set, sieve, sift, winnow; clump, cluster, colligate; recategorize, reclassify, regroup; subcategorize

Near Antonyms confuse, disarrange, jumble, lump, mix (up), scramble; misclassify, missort, mistype