Synonyms of commissions

commissions 1 of 2

noun

plural of commission

1

as in mandates

the granting of power to perform various acts or duties

President Jefferson's commission to Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mandates
• accreditations
• authorizations
• delegations
• licenses
• promotions
• empowerments
• commendations
• consignments
• facilitations
• entrustments
• orderings

2

as in executions

the doing of an action

a single burglar was responsible for the commission of all the break-ins

Synonyms & Similar Words

• executions
• accomplishments
• implementations
• perpetrations
• fulfillments
• prosecutions
• performances
• achievements
• enactments
• discharges
• applications
• pursuances
• administrations
• expeditions
• managements
• dispatches
• handlings
• operations
• directions
• practices

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonperformances
• nonfulfillments

3

as in committees

a select group of persons assigned to consider or take action on some matter

reported to a UN commission on the AIDS crisis

Synonyms & Similar Words

• committees
• panels
• subcommittees
• missions
• delegations
• standing committees
• steering committees
• councils
• congresses
• assemblies
• bodies
• synods
• convocations

4

as in appointments

the state or fact of being chosen for a position or duty

her commission as head of the investigation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appointments
• jobs
• assignments
• elections
• designations
• nominations
• positions
• offices
• situations
• gigs
• stations
• placements
• investments
• rankings
• installations
• delegations
• billets
• installments
• authorizations
• spots
• places
• deputations
• destinations
• choices
• selections
• investitures
• inductions
• ordinations
• emplacements
• anointments

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissals
• discharges
• firings
• expulsions
• rejections
• depositions
• dismissions
• removals
• evictions
• ejections
• blackballs
• overthrows
• ousters
• dethronements

commissions

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of commission

1

as in delegates

to appoint as one's representative

plans to commission a deputy to investigate the matter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delegates
• appoints
• deputes
• deputizes
• charges
• assigns
• nominates
• names
• designates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abrogates
• abdicates

2

as in enables

to give official or legal power to

was commissioned lieutenant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enables
• empowers
• authorizes
• licenses
• permits
• qualifies
• charters
• vests
• warrants
• certifies
• entitles
• invests
• allows
• credentials
• accredits
• sanctions
• approves
• privileges
• endorses
• installs
• confirms
• affirms
• instates
• initiates
• validates
• lets
• inaugurates
• inducts
• OKs
• swears in
• enfranchises
• clears

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blocks
• disqualifies
• bars
• prevents
• excludes
• bans
• stops
• denies
• discourages
• hinders
• holds back
• obstructs
• constrains
• inhibits
• shuts out
• impedes
• prohibits
• forbids
• disallows
• vetoes
• outlaws
• disbars
• disfranchises
• proscribes
• enjoins
• disenfranchises
• interdicts

3

as in tasks

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to

was commissioned to do the biography

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tasks
• entrusts
• charges
• trusts
• assigns
• delegates
• imposes
• confers
• recommends
• commits
• authorizes
• allocates
• empowers
• reposes
• confides
• allots
• relegates
• consigns
• invests

4

as in appoints

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

• appoints
• nominates
• names
• constitutes
• assigns
• details
• places
• delegates
• designates
• attaches
• institutes
• authorizes
• elects
• inducts
• chooses
• installs
• crowns
• ordains
• creates
• deputes
• drafts
• instates
• deputizes
• selects
• consecrates
• inaugurates
• invests
• singles (out)
• thrones
• enthrones
• votes (in)
• anoints
• destines
• makes
• handpicks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharges
• dismisses
• fires
• expels
• removes
• overthrows
• deposes
• throws out
• displaces
• unmakes
• ejects
• evicts
• ousts
• uncrowns
• dethrones
• unseats
• blackballs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of commissions

Noun

Milbern became active on several commissions in her state and successfully advocated to add disability history to North Carolina’s high-school curriculum. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Nov. 2026

Public-private partnerships have been discussed with past commissions and city managers. — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2026

At the Madrid event, experts from the plan’s working commissions outlined its main parts. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026

Her upcoming projects include a London penthouse, residential commissions, a Notting Hill restaurant featuring bespoke tiles Made in Italy and a palazzo in Italy. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026

The company says commissions are available for 2027, with production limited to just 24 units. — New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026

Putting a durable end to the redistricting war would likely require congressional guardrails, such as banning the practice between censuses, or mandating that it be handled by independent commissions. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026

The council would decide which commissions received those powers and could later revoke them. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Skulptur Projekte Münster has announced 13 additional artist commissions that will appear across the German city when its sixth edition opens next year. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Verb

Desperate to see him and be by his side during his final days, Valeria commissions his artist wife, Isla (Hall), to paint her portrait— covertly infiltrating the intimate inner workings of Martin’s home and family. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2026

The True Blood actor plays a character who seems like the ideal husband for Olivia Colman’s Fisherwoman in the steamy fairy tale about a town outcast who commissions Peter Dinklage’s Basketmaker to craft her a partner. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2026

The medieval-period romance showcases British star Olivia Colman as a spinster fishmonger who commissions a wicker husband (Alexander Skarsgard). — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2026

Thanks to Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson’s funny, poignant — and sexy — folk tale, starring Olivia Colman as a village fisherwoman who commissions a fantastical husband, audiences won’t want to forget it. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

At the same time, Niccolò also secretly commissions the openly gay upstart Michelangelo (Brennan Pickman-Thoon) to paint the Battle of Cascina. — Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

Black Bear’s Wicker, based on author Ursula Wills-Jones’s short story, The Wicker Husband, follows a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who commissions the local basketmaker (Peter Dinklage) to weave her a husband (Skarsgård). — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026

He’s further slighted after the Emperor commissions him to remake one of his old operas so audiences might remember the country’s past successes. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 May 2026

The government commissions murals and sculptures for schools, libraries, and hospitals. — John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026