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assign

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of assign

1 to give a task, duty, or responsibility to

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

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

assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to the Boy Scouts

Synonyms of assign

alien, 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, let [chiefly British], loan, rent

Phrases Synonymous with assign

Near Antonyms of assign

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, depute, 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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