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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of commit

1 to carry through (as a process) to completion
  • accused of committing a felony
Synonyms of commit

accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry off, carry out, compass, do, execute, follow through (with), fulfill (or fulfil), make, negotiate, perform, perpetrate, prosecute, pull off, put through
Words Related to commit

bring about, effect, effectuate, implement

ace, nail

engage (in), practice (also practise)

work (at)

reduplicate, reenact, repeat

actualize, attain, realize

complete, end, finish, wind up
Phrases Synonymous with commit

go through
Near Antonyms of commit

fail

skimp, slight, slur
2 to obligate by prior agreement
  • we were committed to finishing the project
Synonyms of commit

engage, mortgage, pledge, troth
Words Related to commit

affiance, betroth, plight, promise, swear, vow

contract, enlist, enroll (also enrol), sign on, sign up

overcommit
Near Antonyms of commit

renege
3 to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
  • commit only some power to each official
Synonyms of commit

commend, confide, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust (also intrust), give, give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest
Words Related to commit

confer, grant

assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide

hand in, release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield

bequeath, hand down, hand on, will

advance, lend, loan

furnish, supply

recommit, redeliver, regive, retransfer, retransmit
Near Antonyms of commit

detain, hold back, reserve, withhold

own, possess

accept, receive, take in

occupy, take, take over
Antonyms of commit

hold, keep, retain
4 to put in or as if in prison
  • committed the rapist to prison
Synonyms of commit

confine, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, jug, lock (up)
Words Related to commit

constrain, limit, restrain, restrict, shut

bar, gate

apprehend, arrest, bust [slang], capture, catch, detain, nab, pick up, pinch, seize

impress, shanghai

hold, impound, keep

bind, enchain, fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel
Near Antonyms of commit

emancipate, enfranchise, manumit, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter
Antonyms of commit

discharge, free, liberate, release

Synonym Discussion of commit

commit, entrust, confide, consign, relegate mean to assign to a person or place for a definite purpose. commit may express the general idea of delivering into another's charge or the special sense of transferring to a superior power or to a special place of custody.
    • committed the felon to prison
entrust implies committing with trust and confidence.
    • the president is entrusted with broad powers
confide implies entrusting with great assurance or reliance.
    • confided complete control of my affairs to my attorney
consign suggests removing from one's control with formality or finality.
    • consigned the damaging notes to the fire
relegate implies a consigning to a particular class or sphere often with a suggestion of getting rid of.
    • relegated to an obscure position in the company

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