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

Hundreds of performances, dozens of commissioning orchestras and many famous actors would seem to agree. — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

The next stages include completing the vessel’s equipment installation, outfitting, and commissioning ahead of delivery. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026

Although the focus has shifted from competitions, Dranoff continues to champion two-piano performances, as well as commissioning new compositions. — Megan Fitzgerald, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

Those include acknowledging the monarchy’s own institutional role in colonialism and slavery and commissioning an independent investigation into its history, as King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has done. — Brooke N. Newman, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026

Lucie Kon was commissioning editor at documentary strand Storyville before leaving last year after several years in post. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026

Vega has supported video artists such as Syms by commissioning new works and showing them in institutions and biennials before adding them to its own collection. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Renault has a history of commissioning artists via its Art, Research and Industry program, which invited artists into the car maker’s factories. — Sarah Belmont For Artnews, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026

But what that means for production spend and commissioning budgets across the continent moving forward remains to be seen. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026