PARCELED (OUT) Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

parceled (out)

verb

variants or parcelled (out)

past tense of parcel (out)

as in distributed

to give out (something) to appropriate individuals parceled out the assignments for work on the parish fair

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for parceled (out)

Verb

The Huntington cultivates them on-site and has distributed many to botanic gardens and zoos across the country.

— Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
But the crowding is not distributed equally — in 2025, the busiest 10 national parks fielded more than half of all national park visits.

— Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

Definition of distributed

Verb

Over that period, affiliates dispensed about 25% fewer packs of birth control pills and conducted about 20% fewer breast cancer exams than the previous year.

— Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Specialty drugs come from the wave of new biologic medicines and other prescriptions not dispensed in the traditional pharmacy like pills, capsules and tablets typically picked up at Walgreens or CVS Health drugstores.

— Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of dispensed

Verb

Using her family’s interests as her guide, Gardner divided the yard into distinct zones, with room to entertain, grow vegetables and flowers, and relax.

— Stephen Orr, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026
Rather than uniting America’s founders, slavery divided the authors of both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence as a moral issue.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2026

Definition of divided

Verb

During the ceremony, boxes of Girl Scout cookies would be handed out to the audience—to Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence and much of the Hollywood establishment.

— Lynn Godfrey, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Herrera received one of the boxes that were handed out at a makeshift shelter adjacent to the beach.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of handed out

Verb

You will be given a deadline to make full payment for the tickets; otherwise, they will be allocated to another ballot entrant.

— Fiona Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026
Cost analysts review each line of a utility company’s costs, often thousands of items, and determine how each cost will be allocated.

— Theodore J. Kury, Fortune, 14 July 2026

Definition of allocated

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

parcel

parceled (out)

parceling (out)

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Parceled (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parceled%20%28out%29. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of parceled (out)

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

bibelot

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

Popular in Wordplay

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

The Longest Long Words List

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Popular

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

Games & Quizzes