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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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 Senga’s $75 million, five-year contract, which runs through the 2027 season, specifies the pitcher cannot be assigned to the minor leagues without his consent. —

Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026 Both Edström and Rempe would have to clear waivers to be assigned to AHL Hartford, which is a risk New York would rather not take, but their places in the lineup seem to be in jeopardy after Chmelař and Sýkora seized their fourth-line spots late in the season. —

Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 In May 2020, sheriff’s deputy Aaron Russell, who was assigned to the Central Jail, shot and killed 36-year-old Nicholas Bils as Bils fled, unarmed, after slipping out of handcuffs just outside the facility. —

Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026 This included more than 200,000 properties assigned a value increase of more than 15%, according to the state. —

Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026 He was assigned to Charlie Company, First Battalion of the 175th Infantry Regiment. —

Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026 The incident is under investigation by the Wellesley Police and the Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Norfolk District Attorney’s office. —

Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026 In the first half of the semester, the specific assignment was a factor in each paper due, and Andrew wrote nothing that covered, went into, or even mentioned the factor assigned. —

John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 In game theory, various scenarios are considered, and each is assigned a numerical value, for example, between –10 and 10. —

Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026

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That men like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are entrusted with businesses of tectonic influence can be difficult to understand, but their cults of personality have been able to survive scrutiny, perhaps because the money itself is too imposing a firewall for their own stupidity to penetrate.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2026
For Terry, there’s a deep pride in the endowment that’s been entrusted to her care.

— Brian McCollum, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026