Synonyms of dismissing

dismissing

verb

present participle of dismiss

1

as in removing

to let go from office, service, or employment

the secretary was dismissed after it was discovered that she was stealing office supplies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removing
• sacking
• retiring
• firing
• releasing
• terminating
• discharging
• axing
• bouncing
• mustering out
• turning off
• canning
• pink-slipping
• cashiering
• showing (someone) the door
• sending packing
• separating
• downsizing
• trimming
• laying off
• unseating
• furloughing
• excessing
• kicking out
• drumming (out)
• chucking (out)
• booting (out)
• throwing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• employing
• retaining
• engaging
• hiring
• keeping
• signing (up or on)
• taking on
• contracting
• rehiring
• recruiting
• reemploying
• subcontracting

2

as in ejecting

to drive or force out

the sick boy's nurse dismissed the visitors so he could get some rest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ejecting
• banishing
• chasing
• expelling
• evicting
• removing
• sacking
• ousting
• extruding
• casting out
• kicking out
• routing
• firing
• drumming (out)
• bouncing
• booting (out)
• outing
• running off
• turning out
• throwing out
• exiling
• ostracizing
• turfing (out)
• terminating
• sending packing
• dispossessing
• deporting
• giving one the gate
• displacing
• releasing
• shutting out
• discharging
• retiring
• expatriating
• reading out
• axing
• deforcing
• defenestrating
• mustering out
• cashiering
• pink-slipping
• canning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepting
• receiving
• admitting
• taking
• taking in
• welcoming
• entertaining
• sheltering
• harboring
• lodging
• housing

3

as in minimizing

to express scornfully one's low opinion of

critics dismissed his music as mere noise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• minimizing
• diminishing
• criticizing
• discounting
• denigrating
• disparaging
• belittling
• decrying
• derogating
• denouncing
• condemning
• disliking
• deprecating
• depreciating
• trashing
• running down
• discrediting
• dumping on
• talking down
• dissing
• bad-mouthing
• playing down
• writing off
• crying down
• trash-talking
• scolding
• vilipending
• abusing
• poor-mouthing
• kissing off
• putting down
• vilifying
• slandering
• maligning
• censuring
• defaming
• ripping
• disapproving (of)
• disgracing
• discommending
• reprobating
• reprehending
• slurring
• traducing
• aspersing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praising
• approving
• applauding
• extolling
• recommending
• endorsing
• exalting
• magnifying
• glorifying
• favoring
• sanctioning
• lauding
• commending
• acclaiming
• complimenting
• countenancing
• eulogizing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dismissing

The two commissioners selected by congressional Democrats, Chairman Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland, each received an email dismissing them on July 9. — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 10 July 2026

England went into the Mexico match inspired by having so many factors against them and with a lot of people dismissing their chances of winning the tournament. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 10 July 2026

Instead, rival parties united in dismissing his actions as a stunt, leaving his only opponent to be a garbage-can wearing comedian whose policies include forcing rule-breaking cyclists to ride unicycles. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 9 July 2026

Dru-Ann Jones (Regina Hall) is a college friend and a sports agent who is under fire for publicly dismissing one of her clients who wanted to take a break from playing soccer to focus on mental health. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 July 2026

Salman Rushdie has declared that artificial intelligence has no role to play in literature, cinema or storytelling of any kind, dismissing the technology as fundamentally incapable of originality. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 July 2026

The Pitch Against Plugins Grover is careful to frame Nomono against a crowded field of AI audio tools, from Adobe Podcast and Descript to ElevenLabs, without dismissing them outright. — Damion Taylor, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

The program was established by state lawmakers in 2018 as a way to help stem the tide of mental illness in jails and prisons, usually by dismissing cases and offering treatment for the underlying conditions behind a defendant’s arrest. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

Manchester, for example, was in court for a year after dismissing a contractor from the Parkade redevelopment job, and ended up paying $2 million. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026