RELEGATING Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

relegating

verb

present participle of relegate

as in exiling

to force to leave a country courtiers and generals who incurred the emperor's disfavor were soon relegated to the farther reaches of the empire

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Relevance

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as in classifying

to arrange or assign according to type some psychologists argue that the syndrome should be relegated to a different class of autism

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Recent Examples of relegating In fairness to Wyle, going all in on a night-shift season would turn The Pitt into an entirely different show, and relegating it to a spinoff would probably mean getting less night shift on The Pitt proper and no one wants that. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026 Boomer Esiason, the 1988 NFL MVP, was traded from the Cincinnati Bengals to the Jets in 1993, relegating Nagle to a reserve role. —

Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026 The governorship was also open in 2010, and as is so often the case in this state, that marquee race seized the attention of the media and public, relegating the race for attorney general to the inside pages of newspapers and the dirt-track political circuit. —

Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026 What more could Long Rife have accomplished in a world that has pushed women’s basketball to the front, instead of relegating it to a sideshow? —

Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026 The polarizing Le Pen qualified for the second-round runoff against Chirac, the incumbent and first-round winner, by a whisker, relegating Jospin to third place. —

ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026 Still, a handful of spots across Orange County (many relegating the dining style to Sunday brunches) continue to keep the format alive, and well worth a trip. —

Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026 James Borrego had been utilizing a big lineup, relegating Jeremiah Fears to a reserve role, but Fears played 30 minutes in each of the past two contests. —

Stan Son, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026 Embracing those expectations rather than fighting them, Kok extended her two-year-plus unbeaten streak at her sport’s shortest distance Sunday, adding a gold medal and the Olympic record to her world mark, beating Jackson head-to-head in the final heat and relegating Leerdam to the silver. —

Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for relegating

Verb

The anti-Zionist project of ending Israel’s existence as a Jewish state implies killing, subjugating, or re-exiling more than half of the world’s Jewish population.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Ruthlessly exiling those players sent a clear message about the importance of squad harmony, but arguably handed the leverage in negotiations to buying clubs, driving down their prices and delaying their departures.

— James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025