APPOINTS Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

appoints

verb

present tense third-person singular of appoint

as in chooses

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 nominates

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 appoints The governor then appoints one of the finalists to the court. —

Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026 The President of the United States appoints about four thousand, and can’t drive his own car. —

Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 Going through probate If no executor was named before death, or if someone was named but either cannot or will not serve, a special court that deals with estates, called a probate court, appoints an administrator to handle the estate. —

James Malm, The Conversation, 1 June 2026 The governor of Florida appoints the seven members of the FWC Commission. —

Joe Murphy, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026 Under existing rules, the governor appoints all five CPUC commissioners, who are then confirmed by the state senate. —

Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026 If the council appoints one of its own members, then that would create another vacancy the council would have to fill through an application process. —

Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026 According to Lopez’s Friday resignation letter in Doral, his departure will not take effect until 60 days after May 8, unless the city appoints a replacement sooner. —

Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026 Under the law, the governor appoints the nine regents of each system — with the consent of the Texas Senate — for staggered terms. —

Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 7 May 2026

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Allison Riley, an executive with one of the project’s developers, said if the city chooses not to appeal the judge’s ruling and stops fighting the project, groundbreaking could occur late next year, with the development finished by 2030.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
John Early, as anyone encountering his work soon apprehends, chooses the latter.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2026