Synonyms of dispatches

dispatches 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of dispatch

1

as in sends

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another

dispatched a messenger with urgent news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sends
• ships
• transports
• transmits
• transfers
• packs (off)
• shoots
• consigns
• delivers
• renders
• conveys
• addresses
• passes
• launches
• advances
• returns
• exports
• drops
• imports
• presents
• forwards
• contributes
• gives
• bestows
• donates
• hands over
• resends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receives
• accepts
• gets
• obtains
• draws
• acquires
• earns
• secures
• gains
• procures
• garners

2

as in kills

to deprive of life

the exterminator dispatched the termites with professional efficiency

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kills
• destroys
• slays
• claims
• murders
• takes
• carries off
• slaughters
• croaks
• fells
• assassinates
• does for
• does in
• does away with
• finishes
• cuts down
• executes
• makes away with
• neutralizes
• snuffs
• massacres
• wastes
• offs
• decimates
• annihilates
• kills off
• knocks off
• smites
• butchers
• rubs out
• whacks
• gets
• takes out
• ices
• blots out
• mows
• puts away
• terminates
• martyrs
• bumps off
• scrags
• suicides
• euthanizes
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animates
• raises
• restores
• revives
• resurrects
• resuscitates
• nurtures

3

as in murders

to put to death deliberately

during his reign of terror the dictator dispatched thousands without the slightest qualm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murders
• assassinates
• slays
• executes
• kills
• gets
• neutralizes
• offs
• snuffs
• liquidates
• shoots
• slaughters
• terminates
• whacks
• knocks off
• rubs out
• takes out
• ices
• destroys
• croaks
• puts away
• does in
• does away with
• claims
• bumps off
• blows away
• cuts down
• zaps
• shoots down
• smites
• massacres
• carries off
• blots out
• exterminates
• eliminates
• mows (down)
• eradicates
• butchers
• fells
• annihilates
• wipes out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raises
• restores
• animates
• revives
• resurrects
• resuscitates

4

as in defeats

to achieve a victory over

they dispatched the other team without breaking a sweat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeats
• masters
• overcomes
• beats
• takes
• gets
• conquers
• stops
• subdues
• surmounts
• wins (against)
• bests
• overmatches
• licks
• trims
• succeeds
• overbears
• prevails (over)
• triumphs (over)
• upends
• gets the better of
• worsts
• gets around
• finishes
• scores
• does down
• sweeps
• buries
• skunks
• slaughters
• overwhelms
• knocks for a loop
• crushes
• surpasses
• bombs
• routs
• excels
• blows out
• exceeds
• whips
• upsets
• annihilates
• blows away
• wallops
• thrashes
• clobbers
• drubs
• flattens
• tops
• caps
• flourishes
• vanquishes
• edges (out)
• breaks
• trounces
• smokes
• outdistances
• transcends
• noses out
• waxes
• overthrows
• eclipses
• knocks over
• pips
• subjugates
• skins
• outdoes
• creams
• knocks off
• overpowers
• outstrips
• outfights
• outshines
• shellacs
• snows under
• unseats
• overtops
• betters
• aces (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loses (to)
• falls
• goes down
• fails
• goes under
• collapses
• gives up
• folds
• flops
• washes out
• flunks

dispatches

2 of 2

noun

plural of dispatch

1

as in letters

a message on paper from one person or group to another

a soldier sending daily dispatches to friends and family back home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• letters
• epistles
• notes
• missives
• memos
• memorandums
• mails
• reports
• communications
• cards
• postcards
• postal cards
• open letters
• e-mails
• billets-doux
• airmails
• electronic mails
• junk mails
• encyclicals

2

as in messages

a piece of conveyed information

a dispatch from headquarters regarding a change in battle plans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• messages
• reports
• letters
• communications
• news
• bulletins
• memos
• memorandums
• communiqués
• notices
• notes
• expresses
• instructions
• epistles
• missives
• tidings
• directives
• commands
• intelligence
• e-mails
• words
• orders
• voice mails
• electronic mails

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dispatches

Verb

Tax season is busy, but the IRS dispatches extra agents to answer calls in the weeks leading up to April 15. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 27 June 2026

Robin quickly and viscerally dispatches his foe, before going up against a larger swath of enemies who are targeting his former partner-in-banditry Little John (played by Bill Skarsgård). — David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026

Competing alongside two Americans, Roper (John Saxon) and Williams (Jim Kelly), Lee methodically dispatches Han’s henchmen and avenges his sister’s death in the process. — David Faris, TheWeek, 20 May 2026

FirstNet normally dispatches a pair to a disaster site to allow continuous coverage. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026

Even the infamous moment when Frank dispatches Eddie (Harvey Guillén) with a chainsaw lands more like a gag than a shock. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026

Drivers who carry paying passengers must also be licensed separately from the company that dispatches them. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026

This has begun to percolate beyond Finland’s borders as the title of a movie franchise about a 1940s war hero who dispatches Soviet and Nazi soldiers in creatively visceral ways. — Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026

Mike elects to go out on his own, and thus Money dispatches the mangy-looking kill machine Orman (Barry Keoghan; bleach-blond hair plus exposed roots = sociopath) to intercept Mike’s next job and take him down. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026

Noun

His jogging dispatches have become a fixture on LinkedIn with nearly 50 running videos filmed in the past year. — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 5 July 2026

Davis, who beat back cancer for nearly a dozen years while producing policy-changing dispatches before a tumor reappeared this spring, died at the East Campus Medical Center at UC San Diego Health early Wednesday. — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2026

In Berlin, an additional 500 ambulance dispatches were reported on Saturday, most of them heat-related. — ABC News, 28 June 2026

The bulk of them were from the first six months of 2025; after that, only 183 responses were recorded from July to December, and so far this year there have been only 70 CARE dispatches. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

In Berlin, an additional 500 ambulance dispatches were reported Saturday, most of them heat-related. — Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026

Several of my colleagues are at the BIO conference in San Diego this week (and two of them have dispatches below). — Brittany Trang, STAT, 24 June 2026

Bystanders, police officers and firefighters rendered aid to the cyclist, including performing CPR, but the person was pronounced dead at the scene, according to radio dispatches reviewed by The Sacramento Bee. — Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026

This public-facing version of Kargman, the one who grew up on 66th and Madison Avenue and only briefly entertained a life downtown, is familiar to many who’ve followed her dispatches from her beloved corner of Manhattan. — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026