APPOINTED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

appointed

verb

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 The board appointed veteran district administrator Andres Chait as acting superintendent. —

Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026 Jay Collins, a former state senator from Tampa appointed by DeSantis as lieutenant governor last summer, comes closest to meeting the financial criteria with just over $10 million, according to the most recent campaign records, but trails in the polls at around 5%. —

Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026 Schulman – who was appointed CEO in October of 2025 – said that this shift is already underway at Verizon. —

Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026 Alite was appointed to the council by Englishtown's mayor, Daniel Francisco, in May 2025. —

Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 20 June 2026 That same week, five new immigration judges were appointed in New York. —

E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 20 June 2026 In this November’s race, nine board members appointed by Johnson, a close ally of the Chicago Teachers Union, are running to keep their seats, and all are facing objections, along with two members elected with CTU backing. —

Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026 The interception of the Smyrtos occurred just days after the PM appointed a new Defense Secretary, Dan Jarvis, following the resignation of John Healey from Starmer’s fragile government in a dispute over military budgets. —

Tim Lister, CNN Money, 14 June 2026 Eskin favors changing the system for choosing judges to one in which jurists are appointed to a single 15-year term, eliminating the need for elections while also ensuring that jurists do eventually leave the bench to make way for others. —

Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026

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More than 10,000 officers will be assigned for the ticker-tape victory parade Thursday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said, as authorities brace for potentially record-setting crowds along the parade’s route, held on a stretch of Broadway Street known as the Canyon of Heroes.

— Mark Morales, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
Danny and Nia are traveling with their baby and a nanny, and Kristen and Luke, a Lincoln Logs set that can only make a shooting range, are also traveling with an infant, her sister, and brother-in-law, and so much emotional baggage that Jet Blue charged them $35 million in luggage fees.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 June 2026