COMMISSIONED Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

commissioned

verb

Definition of commissioned

past tense of commission

as in appointed

to appoint as one's representative plans to commission a deputy to investigate the matter

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as in enabled

to give official or legal power to was commissioned lieutenant

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as in entrusted

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to was commissioned to do the biography

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as in nominated

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty commissioned him to head the office of veterans affairs

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Recent Examples of commissioned In one of Kent Nishimura’s photographs of the White House press corps, which The New Yorker commissioned, the correspondent Beni Harmony readies herself for a segment featuring the President and the First Lady. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026 Nobody knows quite who commissioned it, or why Diana wore it that night. — Marta Martínez Tato, Vanity Fair, 23 July 2026 Goodall had been commissioned to build a 19-foot ring for Oleksandr Usyk’s WBC heavyweight title fight with kick-boxer Rico Verhoeven in front of the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo. — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 22 July 2026 The third is Hunt Art, a scavenger hunt built around murals and sculpture commissioned from local and international artists, turning the venue itself into something closer to a gallery. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 22 July 2026 In a particularly deft move, Ruppert commissioned a custom casing for a Samsung Frame TV—disguised among the works—to echo their frames. — Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 22 July 2026 She was commissioned by the BBC to reproduce the Crown Jewels in the plushy fabric in 2016 for the Queen’s 90th birthday, and her work has been featured in over 400 store windows globally, including Hermes flagship store on Rodeo Drive. — Lilyanna D'amato, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026 The project had been commissioned in 1969 by Eduardo Contreras Mella, the mayor of Chillán and a member of the Chilean Communist Party. — News Desk, Artforum, 22 July 2026 Apollo also commissioned an independent investigation into Black’s ties to Epstein, which did not reveal any impropriety. — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissioned

Verb

Because the mayor has not appointed any of the other members, judicial appointments have stalled.

— Christian Browne, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
She was considered more vulnerable than Perdue after being appointed to replace Johnny Isakson, who retired because of health issues.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

Definition of appointed

Verb

Though present, they are not enabled by default and require overriding hidden FeatureFlags, which increases user risk.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
But a wild pitch enabled Alvarez to reach first base, and Paredes socked the first pitch of 388 feet to left for a three-run home run and a 5-1 lead.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of enabled

Verb

It was enabled by those most entrusted to prevent it, acting in the belief that the cause required continuity.

— Michael Sonnenfeldt, Fortune, 19 July 2026
But a new watchdog memo raises serious questions about whether the private contractors entrusted with that work are adequately protecting taxpayer information.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of entrusted

Verb

This is the part the Pentagon has now authorized for $17 billion in launch procurement expenses.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026
According to sources who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the incident publicly, the ship was hijacked by seven armed Somali pirates.

— Omar Faruk, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of authorized

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One was Humberto Villalobos, an authority on the regime’s subversion of electoral systems who had been tasked with figuring out how to expose Maduro’s tactics.

— Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
As Mahir, an agent tasked with helping fight the future in Nolan’s Tenet, his background never comes into play.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Definition of tasked

Verb

And because God is Spirit, our identity is wholly spiritual, constituted of all the qualities of God.

— Leslie Revilock, Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2026
But Boasberg said that the State Department’s argument clashed with its own assessment of what constituted a foreign sovereign threat under the policy.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026