ASSIGNED Synonyms: 147 Similar and Opposite Words

assigned

verb

past tense of assign

as in entrusted

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to assigned the class with the task of finding something in the state constitution they felt needed changing

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Relevance

as in allotted

to give as a share or portion each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer

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as in ceded

to give over the legal possession or ownership of assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to the Boy Scouts

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expropriated

as in appointed

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty the mayor assigned the panel with the task of luring a major sports franchise to the city

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Recent Examples of assigned But Shaw remained, feet planted a yard and a half in front of Ouahabi, the West Ham defender assigned the duty of marking Shaw ostensibly having found something better to do than bare witness to this stand-off. —

Megan Feringa, New York Times, 17 May 2026 According to the New York Times, she was assigned to an RC-135 reconnaissance airplane crew. —

Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026 The pattern held even when the models were assigned adversarial roles. —

Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 My friend was assigned to do an article about this for The New York Times. —

Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 17 May 2026 Gastonia officials said existing city staff working throughout the community have been assigned to observe and report potential violations while also responding to complaints from residents. —

Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026 When layabout postman Jesper gets assigned to the frozen town of Smeerensburg with an ultimatum to process 6,000 letters, a reclusive toymaker might be his only hope. —

K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026 These surrogates live in California, Georgia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, and the newborns have been assigned to foster-care placements in their respective counties. —

Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026 Cevyn Jay Paydy, an infantryman assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. —

Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026

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Millions of Americans were dying, including two of my best friends and many of the elders who had bravely entrusted their stories to me.

— Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
James Snoddy, a pre-law student from Flower Mound, questioned how a chancellor and a governing board that isn't made up of educators can be entrusted with the responsibility of determining what can and cannot be taught in the classroom.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 7 May 2026