Synonyms of assigning

assigning

verb

present participle of assign

1

as in entrusting

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 & Similar Words

• entrusting
• tasking
• trusting
• charging
• commissioning
• imposing
• conferring
• recommending
• delegating
• allocating
• allotting
• relegating
• committing
• authorizing
• confiding
• empowering
• consigning
• reposing
• investing

2

as in allotting

to give as a share or portion

each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• allotting
• allocating
• distributing
• apportioning
• dividing
• giving
• allowing
• rationing
• measuring
• granting
• splitting
• dealing
• administering
• awarding
• lotting
• dispensing
• prorating
• according
• reserving
• sharing (out)
• reassigning
• contributing
• handing out
• doling out
• donating
• metering
• earmarking
• meting (out)
• parting
• reallocating
• redistributing
• portioning
• parceling (out)
• admeasuring
• reapportioning
• chipping in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• retaining
• keeping
• depriving (of)
• withholding
• appropriating
• begrudging
• confiscating
• stinting
• arrogating

3

as in ceding

to give over the legal possession or ownership of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ceding
• transferring
• conveying
• relinquishing
• bequeathing
• donating
• alienating
• lending
• granting
• entrusting
• deeding
• leaving
• disposing of
• loaning
• renting
• presenting
• moving
• transmitting
• making over
• contributing
• leasing
• conferring
• passing (down)
• aliening
• bestowing
• commending
• committing
• passing
• surrendering
• delivering
• consigning
• releasing
• yielding
• willing
• trusting
• handing down
• vesting
• turning in
• letting
• turning over
• handing over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expropriating

4

as in appointing

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 & Similar Words

• appointing
• nominating
• naming
• constituting
• designating
• attaching
• commissioning
• placing
• delegating
• authorizing
• inducting
• detailing
• creating
• choosing
• electing
• selecting
• installing
• instituting
• ordaining
• inaugurating
• consecrating
• deputizing
• crowning
• deputing
• instating
• making
• drafting
• anointing
• investing
• enthroning
• handpicking
• voting (in)
• destining
• singling (out)
• throning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissing
• discharging
• firing
• expelling
• removing
• displacing
• evicting
• ejecting
• overthrowing
• deposing
• ousting
• dethroning
• unseating
• throwing out
• blackballing
• unmaking
• uncrowning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of assigning

That possibility helps explain why investors continue assigning Tesla a valuation that appears difficult to justify using conventional automotive metrics alone. — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

To keep the plan from becoming another document that collects dust, the city has paired it with an implementation workbook assigning responsibilities, timelines and measurable actions. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026

But because researchers observed eating habits rather than assigning diets, the study could not prove the MIND diet itself prevented decline. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026

While a boss may focus on assigning tasks, meeting deadlines and hitting performance goals, leaders think beyond their to-do lists. — Alyshia Hull, USA Today, 24 July 2026

Still, some college professors have adapted by assigning less reading and lowering their expectations of students. — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 23 July 2026

More recently, scholars tend to be less comfortable assigning full or partial blame to the Sea Peoples for the Bronze Age Collapse. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 July 2026

California regulators fined Sunrise $120,000 for failing to protect Cecchetto and for not taking Timaloa's articulated dislike of noise into account when assigning rooms. — Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 July 2026

In Brazil, a 32-year-old woman reportedly died after an AI system for assigning hospital beds left her waiting five days to be transferred to an intensive care unit. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026