Synonyms of redistributes

redistributes

verb

present tense third-person singular of redistribute

as in distributes

to divide (something) among a group in a different way

Unused federal funds will be redistributed to other states.

We need to redistribute the duties among ourselves; some of us are working too hard, and others are hardly working at all.

Related Words

• distributes
• divides
• allocates
• provides
• shares
• administers
• splits
• assigns
• dispenses
• appropriates
• lots
• allots
• supplies
• circulates
• portions
• apportions
• disburses
• measures (out)
• proportions
• parts
• shares (out)
• donates
• furnishes
• bestows
• allows
• disperses
• disseminates
• deals (out)
• hands out
• parcels (out)
• rations
• contributes
• doles out
• sets
• metes (out)
• prorates
• divvies (up)
• issues
• scatters
• dishes out
• admeasures
• spreads
• reallocates
• dollops (out)
• pledges
• chips in
• reapportions

Dissimilar Words

• denies
• rejects
• refuses
• withholds
• disallows
• declines
• deprives (of)
• begrudges
• pinches
• skimps
• misallocates
• stints
• niggles (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of redistributes

After all, Social Security mostly redistributes income upward, not downward. — Jessica Riedl, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

Fluffing redistributes the filling inside the cushion, restoring loft and preventing clumping. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 3 July 2026

The obstacle is the organization itself — the informal power structures, the processes people have built professional identities around, the quiet resistance to anything that redistributes how work and influence flows. — Charles Towers-Clark, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Schools hosting cell towers keep a third of that revenue; CPS redistributes the rest to all campuses, the district said. — Mila Koumpilova, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026

The process begins in the first few days after bottling, when oxygen quickly redistributes between the air trapped above the wine and the wine itself, eventually reaching a balance. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 19 June 2026

Eco effort Guests rarely need air conditioning thanks to the building’s passive design, which captures heat in the atrium and redistributes it through internal channels, creating natural heating and cooling from day to night. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026

Berardelli said an El Nino event essentially redistributes heat on Earth. — ABC News, 8 May 2026

Dry sweeping alone just redistributes it, so the right method depends on your flooring. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026