Synonyms of placement

placement

noun

as in assignment

the act of assigning someone to a suitable place (such as a job or class)

Several of our students qualified for placement in the art program.

Related Words

• assignment
• commission
• election
• position
• designation
• investment
• induction
• job
• appointment
• selection
• nomination
• choosing
• picking
• choice
• destination
• ranking
• emplacement
• installation
• authorization
• place
• delegation
• office
• singling (out)
• installment
• situation
• ordination
• deputation
• spot
• gig
• station
• billet
• investiture
• anointment
• anointing
• instating

Dissimilar Words

• removal
• rejection
• deposition
• ejection
• eviction
• overthrow
• discharge
• firing
• ouster
• dismissal
• expulsion
• blackball
• dethronement
• dismission

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of placement

Yet the placement did not deter Hauser & Wirth from selling most of its work by noon. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

The placement is particularly notable given the song’s long history of being kept offscreen. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 14 Oct. 2026

One possibility is placement along a Pigeon River greenway proposed for the complex. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026

In these structures, a thin ruthenium metal film formed selectively on the MoSe₂ regions, demonstrating another way to control material placement during semiconductor fabrication. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026