APPOINTED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

appointed

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Definition of appointed

past tense of appoint

as in set

to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority at the appointed hour we were in our places

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as in nominated

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty was appointed to the council on national security

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Recent Examples of appointed Since then, the Big Ten has appointed a neutral clock operator, instead of one appointed by the home team. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Judge Joseph Weiner was transferred from the West Los Angeles Immigration Court and Judge Bayleigh Pettigrew was appointed in May as part of the largest class in the agency’s history. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Five of the court’s seven judges were appointed by Republican governors. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026 Bates was appointed by then-Mayor Eric Garcetti in 2014 and reappointed by Garcetti five years later. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Talwani, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, pointed to the tight timeline in her ruling. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026 Its board members are appointed by Illinois’ governor and Chicago’s mayor. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Given the partisan Senate standoff over the Clarity Act, having five sitting commissioners appointed from both sides of the aisle at the SEC and CFTC may help ease the tense negotiations. — Cleve Mesidor, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Rauch was appointed to represent him in the post-conviction proceeding. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 28 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for appointed

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His comments come seven months after Tiley proposed a move in the opposite direction by suggesting that best-of-five-set matches be introduced in the women’s competition at the Australian Open from the quarter-finals onwards.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Following the hack, the company brought in two researchers from the nonprofit METR and one from Redwood Research to examine the incident, but set the terms of the review itself.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of set

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This season of South Park was also nominated for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (losing to Julie Andrews for Bridgerton), and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (losing to Andrew Bird’s song for The Pitt).

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
He was nominated to the Supreme Court, 11 months before the next election, in the final year of President Obama’s term.

— NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of nominated

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Commission on Elections Chairman Erwin Garcia reported that Cotabato City has been put under the commission’s control, with an administrator to be designated after a shooting late Sunday killed three people and injured 15 others.

— Teresa Cerojano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Yet, today, the State Department lists five times as many groups with extremist ideologies, as were designated in 2001, Hoffman noted.

— Robin Wright, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of designated

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In his place, Schild initially requested that a federal public defender be assigned to Abrahamson’s case before Stokes was retained as his new attorney.

— Kevin Fixler September 16, Idaho Statesman, 16 Sep. 2026
Foligno and Bedard were assigned dressing room stalls next to each other.

— Scott Powers, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of assigned

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Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa, quite the mouthful and named after Hawaiʻi's official state fish, is the resort's signature seafood restaurant, and a dreamy one.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
He was named the FIFA world player of the year a record eight times, led his teams to 46 trophies including four Champions League titles, a World Cup win and an Olympic gold medal.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of named

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Thompson asserted that the monitoring constituted unreasonable search and seizure, but a federal appeals court denied his claim last year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Colonial armies fought in every theater and constituted some of the forces deployed during the war.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of constituted

Verb

With Balde out of favour and summer re-signing Joao Cancelo not yet fully up to speed, Flick has picked Espart at left-back for each of Barca’s opening five matches in La Liga.

— Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Otosaka said the study stopped with 2023 data, but she's looked at measurements since and found the accelerating trend has picked back up.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of picked

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Guardrails Alliance, which commissioned the poll conducted by Upswing Research and Strategy, was formed this year to counter the influence of pro-AI groups like the Leading the Future super PAC network.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Regan was allegedly upset with David Green, president of SEIU Local 721 who had just left for the airport, and began randomly screaming at Li, according to the investigative report on the probe commissioned by the state council.

— Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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