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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of assign

1 to give a task, duty, or responsibility to
  • I assigned the class with the task of finding something in the state constitution they felt needed changing.
Synonyms of assign

charge, commission, entrust (also intrust), task, trust
Words Related to assign

confer, impose

commit, confide, consign, delegate, recommend, relegate, repose

allocate, allot

authorize, empower, invest
2 to give as a share or portion
  • Each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer.
Synonyms of assign

allocate, allot, allow, apportion, distribute, lot, ration
Words Related to assign

admeasure, administer, deal, dispense, divide, dole out, hand out, measure, mete (out), meter, parcel (out), part, portion, prorate, share (out), split

accord, award, give, grant

earmark, reserve

chip in, contribute, donate

reallocate, reapportion, reassign, redistribute
Near Antonyms of assign

begrudge, deny, deprive (of)

keep, retain, stint, withhold

appropriate, arrogate, confiscate
3 to give over the legal possession or ownership of
  • He assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to a third party.
Synonyms of assign

alienate, cede, convey, deed, make over, transfer
Words Related to assign

bequeath, hand down, leave, pass (down), will

bestow, commend, commit, confer, contribute, deliver, donate, grant, hand over, move, pass, present, release, relinquish, surrender, transmit, turn in, turn over, vest, yield

consign, entrust (also intrust), trust

lease, lend, loan, rent
Phrases Synonymous with assign

dispose of
Near Antonyms of assign

expropriate
4 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.
Synonyms of assign

appoint, attach, commission, constitute, designate, detail, name, nominate, place
Words Related to assign

authorize, delegate, deputize

anoint, consecrate, create, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, institute, invest, make, ordain

crown, enthrone, throne

choose, destine, draft, elect, handpick, select, single (out), vote (in)
Near Antonyms of assign

blackball, depose, dethrone, displace, eject, evict, oust, overthrow, remove, throw out, uncrown, unmake, unseat
Antonyms of assign

discharge, dismiss, expel, fire

Synonym Discussion of assign

ascribe, attribute, assign, impute, credit mean to lay something to the account of a person or thing. ascribe suggests an inferring or conjecturing of cause, quality, authorship.
    • forged paintings formerly ascribed to masters
attribute suggests less tentativeness than ascribe, less definiteness than assign.
    • attributed to Rembrandt but possibly done by an associate
assign implies ascribing with certainty or after deliberation.
    • assigned the bones to the Cretaceous period
impute suggests ascribing something that brings discredit by way of accusation or blame.
    • tried to impute sinister motives to my actions
credit implies ascribing a thing or especially an action to a person or other thing as its agent, source, or explanation.
    • credited his teammates for his success

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