Synonyms of tasks

tasks 1 of 2

noun

plural of task

1

as in duties

a piece of work that needs to be done regularly

one of my tasks in the morning is to make lunches for everyone in the family

Synonyms & Similar Words

• duties
• assignments
• jobs
• chores
• projects
• responsibilities
• functions
• missions
• errands
• endeavors
• operations
• enterprises
• undertakings
• posts
• offices
• stints
• care
• commissions
• routes
• chares
• charges
• circuits
• rounds

2

as in roles

the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists

the forklift's task is to stack pallets of goods in the warehouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roles
• purposes
• jobs
• functions
• parts
• works
• positions
• places
• capacities
• missions
• businesses
• activities
• duties
• concerns
• hands
• situations
• responsibilities
• occupations
• involvements
• services
• affairs
• offices
• assignments
• vocations
• participations
• posts
• pursuits
• callings
• uses
• niches
• employs
• commissions
• charges

tasks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of task

as in entrusts

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to

I have been tasked by the host with bringing the pies for Thanksgiving this year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• entrusts
• trusts
• charges
• assigns
• delegates
• commissions
• imposes
• recommends
• commits
• empowers
• confers
• allocates
• authorizes
• confides
• relegates
• reposes
• consigns
• allots
• invests

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tasks

Noun

The Moon opposes probing Pluto, bringing attention to unfinished tasks, mental clutter, or a habit that no longer helps. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026

For now, the company is scaling excavator deployments and expanding the types of tasks its system can perform. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

According to the report first shared with Reuters, the agents appeared to be swapping information on solving technical tasks. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026

Research has shown that long hours, additional shifts, and overlapping work tasks can shorten a project’s timeline—but only to a point. — Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

Teachers will be able to use AI tools for creating lesson plans and completing administrative tasks, but not for grading assignments. — Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Once a process to curate guest lists for elaborate events, now restaurateurs can fire off a quick direct message to an influencer between kitchen tasks. — Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Summary Chinese economist Tang Min states AI reshapes job tasks more than eliminating positions, creating new roles despite global anxiety. — Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Students at local colleges learn about nonprofit operations and restaurant tasks as interns. — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026

Verb

The order tasks the commission with a 120-day timeline to submit a proposal to Trump for the leadership structure, curriculum, and organizational details of the new academy. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026

Nonetheless, the order tasks Kennedy with coming up with options to make separate shots available. — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026

Directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, the movie stars Academy Award-winner Olivia Colman as a fisherwoman who tasks a basket weaver (Peter Dinklage) with making her a wicker husband (Skarsgård). — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 30 July 2026

Odysseus tasks a young soldier named Sinon—a character who does not appear in the poem—with offering the horse to the Trojans. — Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026

The companies at the forefront of AI know which tasks their systems are likely to absorb. — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

The Three Peaks Challenge tasks participants with climbing the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales within 24 hours, and Princess Kate completed the trek after setting out on Saturday evening. — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026

Team JavaJuice is a team organized for FIRST Tech Challenge, a program that tasks students and their mentors with a hands-on engineering challenge of building and programming competitive, classroom-scale robots for a game that is released annually in September. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 24 June 2026

Hence the brand tasks perfumers to encapsulate mundane episodes in bottles. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 June 2026