ASSIGNMENTS Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

assignments

noun

plural of assignment

as in tasks

a piece of work that needs to be done regularly his first newspaper assignment was writing obituaries

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as in missions

a specific task with which a person or group is charged the spy team's assignment was to steal the plans for the nuclear reactor

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as in lessons

something assigned to be read or studied have you read the assignment for tomorrow?

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as in appointments

the state or fact of being chosen for a position or duty her assignment to the board of directors was a point of considerable pride for her

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Recent Examples of assignments Teachers will be able to use AI tools for creating lesson plans and completing administrative tasks, but not for grading assignments. — Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026 Mad Solutions and Irth are now developing a pipeline spanning original Arabic projects, some of which are talent-driven, as well as third-party development and consultancy assignments. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 Alex Eala got on her way to making more history for the Philippines by reaching the third round in 2026, with two court assignments on Louis Armstrong Stadium, the second-biggest court. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Different than general classroom instruction, ALEKS provides students with tailored assignments that hone in on problem areas. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 In Georgia, the lieutenant governor wields immense power in the state Senate by presiding over floor debates and making committee assignments that give them control over what bills reach the floor for a vote. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026 What-if scenarios let managers test different task assignments before changing the active plan. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 30 Aug. 2026 Welch did not remove Benton from his committee assignments and other caucus duties until February. — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026 The gang is all headed to Windham for a ski trip, and not since Ramona Singer has there been this amount of drama caused by room assignments. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for assignments

Noun

The Moon opposes probing Pluto, bringing attention to unfinished tasks, mental clutter, or a habit that no longer helps.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
For now, the company is scaling excavator deployments and expanding the types of tasks its system can perform.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of tasks

Noun

In the new era of asymmetric warfare, advanced variants of Thales’ 70mm rockets are increasingly well suited to counter-drone missions, delivering reliable and scalable effectiveness against evolving aerial threats, according to a press release.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Forget boot prints on the moon or human missions to Mars—the real 21st-century space race is shaping up to be more about who can launch the most rockets and satellites.

— Elizabeth Howell, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of missions

Noun

Events at the center have ranged from tai chi to chair dancing, crafts, card games, social media lessons and classes on applying for Missouri’s Senior Property Tax Credit Program.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2026
Dialogue comes from recordings with native speakers, and lessons focus on real-world scenarios like ordering food or navigating an airport instead of vocabulary drills.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of lessons

Noun

Taking this unpaid time upfront, Bornstein hoped, might help shift the tenor of appointments later, and might even convince some to vaccinate once there was a sense of trust.

— Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
Faculty influence over big-picture decisions such as budgets and top appointments has declined nationally over the last two decades, and at USC, professors have complained that faculty input is often only advisory and can be overridden.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of appointments

Noun

As these tasks fell outside the scope of the employees' official duties, the directive amounted to a violation of ethical standards, the report concluded.

— Andrea Hsu, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
One of this season’s major storylines is Gallagher juggling his bosun duties on the yacht while trying to be present for Cameron and their newborn son, who were living nearby in Croatia.

— Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of duties

Noun

In April, Flock Safety opened a 97,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Smyrna that is intended to create more than 200 jobs over the next three years as part of a $10 million investment.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
The merger and streaming boom created more jobs than any period in the history of the business — many of them platform-filler corporate crimes.

— Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of jobs

Noun

Later in the week, traders will monitor readings on inflation for signals on how the Federal Reserve may move interest rates.

— Justina Lee,Alex Harring, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026
Once the surfaces were smoothed, these strong readings vanished, revealing that regions long believed to be fast lanes for ion transport were actually just microscopic valleys on the material’s surface.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of readings

Noun

Though essentially transportation hubs, airports have more responsibilities than simply flying passengers in and out like cargo.

— Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
Eventually, the involved parties framed it as a mutual decision to allow Kiffin to focus on his new FAU head coach responsibilities.

— John Talty, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026

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