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

• abrogating
• abdicating

2

as in enabling

to give official or legal power to

was commissioned lieutenant

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

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• 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

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3

as in entrusting

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to

was commissioned to do the biography

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

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

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

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