Synonyms and Antonyms of placed
1
to arrange something in a certain spot or position
- he carefully placed the flowers in a vase
deposed, deposited, disposed, emplaced, fixed, laid, positioned, put, set, set up, situated, stuck
moved, rearranged, reordered, shifted
oriented
established, located, planted, settled
clapped (also clapt), flopped, planked, plopped, plumped, plunked (or plonked), plunked down (or plonked down), slapped
ensconced, niched
assembled, collected
carried
berthed, parked
affixed, anchored, locked, lodged, wedged
arrayed, laid out, lined up, queued, ranked
set down
2
to arrange or assign according to type
- I'd place those cyclists in the advanced group for the training ride
assorted, broke down, categorized, classed, classified, codified, compartmentalized, compartmented, digested, distinguished, distributed, graded, grouped, pegged, ranged, ranked, relegated, separated, sorted, typed
arrayed, disposed, drew up, marshaled (or marshalled), ordered, organized, systematized
alphabetized, cataloged (or catalogued), filed, indexed, listed, referred
pigeonholed, shelved
identified, recognized
culled, screened, set, sieved, sifted, winnowed
clumped, clustered, colligated
recategorized, reclassified, regrouped
subcategorized
3
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
- I'd place that as roughly the third largest house in the neighborhood
calculated, called, conjectured, estimated, figured, gauged (also gaged), guessed, judged, made, put, reckoned, supposed
4
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes
- placed second in the competition
5
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
- placed the recent college grad in the company's research and development division
authorized, delegated, deputed, deputized
anointed, consecrated, created, inaugurated, inducted, installed, instated, instituted, invested, made, ordained
crowned, enthroned, throned
chose, destined, drafted, elected, handpicked, selected, singled (out), voted (in)
blackballed, deposed, dethroned, displaced, ejected, evicted, ousted, overthrew, removed, threw out, uncrowned, unmade, unseated
6
to present or bring forward for discussion
- once again the issue of recurrent vandalism at the high school was placed before the town council
alluded (to), cited, mentioned, named, referred (to)
offered, proposed, suggested
aired, expressed, spoke (of), talked (about), vented, ventilated
interjected, interrupted
debated, discussed, thrashed (out or over)
7
to provide with a paying job
- most of the trainees at the TV station are placed in clerical positions
assumed, employed, engaged, feed [chiefly Scottish], hired, laid on [chiefly British], paid, recruited, retained, signed (up or on), took on
