CONSIGNED Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

consigned

verb

past tense of consign

as in sent

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another consigned the prisoner to the dungeon

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as in handed

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another the deliveryman had consigned our package to a next-door neighbor

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Recent Examples of consigned For all their speed-to-market and trend obsessions, fashion companies struggle to update the systems and materials that go into their products, meaning churn reigns and improvements are consigned to that oft-uttered utopian destination known as ‘when there’s time’. —

Brooke Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Ropper apparently bought it in 2022 and consigned it to Kinsky. —

Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 5 June 2026 His penalty shootout miss consigned Brazil to defeat against Croatia in the 2022 World Cup quarter-finals, so his words may have been the best suited for Gabriel to hear in the seconds after his own miss. —

Art De Roché, New York Times, 2 June 2026 It was never consigned in writing. —

Literary Hub, 6 May 2026 Mannequins will be displayed permanently after gala And these 25 new mannequins will not be consigned — as some are — to retirement after the show, which opens to the public May 10. —

CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 And these 25 new mannequins will not be consigned — as some are — to retirement after the show, which opens to the public May 10. —

ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026 Right around that time, the Venice Film Festival saw Mamoru Hosoda’s anime epic Scarlet, in which the Danish prince became an ass-kicking Danish princess consigned to a hellish and phantasmagoric underworld. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026 But third base, which had originally been consigned to DJ LeMahieu — who turned out to be finished — was a mess last year, as was the infield defense as a whole, and Cashman was willing to eat all of $32-plus million on McMahon’s contract through 2027 in order to fix it. —

Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026

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The targeting led the Russians to use an alternative route, according to the Ukrainian military, with a large number of trucks carrying military supplies sent further west.

— Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
Minnesota's ties to slavery, the Civil War and the Juneteenth holiday sent many to Fort Snelling for a tour on Friday.

— Reg Chapman, CBS News, 20 June 2026