Synonyms of commissioning

commissioning

verb

present participle of commission

1

as in appointing

to appoint as one's representative

plans to commission a deputy to investigate the matter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appointing
• delegating
• deputing
• deputizing
• assigning
• nominating
• charging
• designating
• naming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abrogating
• abdicating

2

as in enabling

to give official or legal power to

was commissioned lieutenant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enabling
• authorizing
• empowering
• licensing
• qualifying
• permitting
• accrediting
• certifying
• investing
• chartering
• vesting
• allowing
• warranting
• approving
• entitling
• installing
• sanctioning
• endorsing
• validating
• confirming
• initiating
• affirming
• inaugurating
• credentialing
• inducting
• letting
• privileging
• instating
• OK'ing
• clearing
• enfranchising
• swearing in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preventing
• excluding
• disqualifying
• stopping
• denying
• blocking
• banning
• discouraging
• inhibiting
• obstructing
• hindering
• impeding
• prohibiting
• constraining
• holding back
• barring
• disallowing
• shutting out
• forbidding
• proscribing
• vetoing
• enjoining
• outlawing
• disbarring
• disenfranchising
• disfranchising
• interdicting

3

as in entrusting

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to

was commissioned to do the biography

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

4

as in nominating

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty

commissioned him to head the office of veterans affairs

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of commissioning

Veolia was selected by an undisclosed project developer to oversee the microgrid’s operations, commissioning support and long-term maintenance. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026

In difficult times and with commissioning opportunities dimming, this source queried whether there needs to be a festival at all. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 July 2026

President John Adams was one of the most vigorous proponents of commissioning private vessels for national ends. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2026

As for an official cause of death, Crump told GMA the family is commissioning an independent autopsy, adding that former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick helped fund the examination. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026

Launched as a rideshare payload on SpaceX's Transporter-17 mission, BOHR is reported to have achieved insertion into low Earth orbit and is being readied for commissioning. — David Szondy july 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026

Scott attracted the attention of music publishers, who began commissioning beats (instrumental backing tracks) from him. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026

Hyo and his fellow producers began by scouting manga artists over social media and commissioning some 200 pieces of concept art imagining the Vapor’s possible forms. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026

And Ben Stiller went the third-party route by commissioning a pair of Nike Force 1 Lows. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 18 June 2026