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 In 2011, the World Health Organization appointed Peng a Goodwill Ambassador for tuberculosis and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026 Coincidentally, Robinson had previously appointed one of the three judges, Justice Justin Dewey, who was presiding over the case. — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026 Darline Graham was appointed to complete her late brother’s Senate term. — Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026 Turning to consumer markets, Nike officially appointed Alexandre Arnault, executive at LVMH and second son of luxury group chairman Bernard Arnault, to its board of directors this week. — CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026 Hoeld will oversee Puma’s sales organization and subsidiaries until a successor is appointed. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 Electric rates for both Eversource and United Illuminating are officially set by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, which is made up of five members all appointed by Lamont. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 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 Bates was appointed by then-Mayor Eric Garcetti in 2014 and reappointed by Garcetti five years later. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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Mensah started the game with 24 consecutive completions, setting an ACC and Miami program record for most consecutive completions in a game.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
During Friday night's game against Wake Forest, Mensah set an ACC record with 24 straight completions and has been hovering above the 90% mark in that category for most of the season.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of set

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Reading over hundreds of titles nominated by NPR staff and critics, Friedman narrowed the list to the popular reader’s guide.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2026
This year the lowest percentage of women in 25 years have been nominated to the rank of general and admiral.

— Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 18 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

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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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The one-of-a-kind vehicle was commissioned through the automaker’s Dubai Private Office and was conceived as a tribute to the client’s wife.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2026
In 2015, he was commissioned by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to design a poster for its induction ceremony, the same year that signs of Max’s dementia started coming out.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

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