What are some opposite words for appoint?

Antonyms for appoint
əˈpɔɪntap·point

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. appoint

    Allot, originally to assign by lot, applies to the giving of a definite thing to a certain person. A portion or extent of time is allotted; as, I expect to live out my allotted time. A definite period is appointed; as, the audience assembled at the appointed hour. Allot may also refer to space; as, to allot a plot of ground for a cemetery; but we now oftener use select, set apart, or assign. Allot is not now used of persons. Appoint may be used of time, space, or person; as, the appointed day; the appointed place; an officer was appointed to this station. Destine may also refer to time, place, or person, but it always has reference to what is considerably in the future; a man appoints to meet his friend in five minutes; he destines his son to follow his own profession. Assign is rarely used of time, but rather of places, persons, or things. We assign a work to be done and assign a man to do it, who, if he fails, must assign a reason for not doing it. That which is allotted, appointed, or assigned is more or less arbitrary; that which is awarded is the due requital of something the receiver has done, and he has right and claim to it; as, the medal was awarded for valor. Compare APPORTION.

    Antonyms:
    appropriate, confiscate, deny, refuse, resume, retain, seize, withhold

    Synonyms:
    allot, apportion, assign, award, destine, distribute, divide, give, grant, mete out, portion out, select, set apart

    Preposition:
    Allot to a company for a purpose.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. appoint

    Antonyms:
    reverse, cancel, recall, withdraw, reserve, withhold, retain, undo, suspend, disarrange, disappoint

    Synonyms:
    fix, determine, instal, allot, order, prescribe, institute, employ, apportion, apply, designate, assign, intrust, invest, ordain, arrange

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. appoint, name, nominate, constituteverb

    create and charge with a task or function

    "nominate a committee"

    Synonyms:
    found, form, put up, list, identify, represent, be, bring up, mention, name, describe, advert, plant, put forward, comprise, establish, key out, propose, institute, diagnose, call, charge, discover, make up, distinguish, cite, refer, nominate, key, make, constitute

  2. appoint, chargeverb

    assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

    "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, name, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, charge, load, bear down, commit, blame, charge up, nominate, excite, lodge, send, constitute

  3. appointverb

    furnish

    "a beautifully appointed house"

    Synonyms:
    name, nominate, charge, constitute

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. appointverb

    Synonyms:
    establish, prescribe, ordain, enjoin, assign, allot, deputize, depute, commission, delegate, nominate

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dismiss

    as in "appoint mr smith to the position of company auditor" and "dismiss mr smith from the position of company auditor"

    Submitted by anonymous on July 5, 2020  

How to use appoint in a sentence?

  1. Steven Taylor:

    It’s unclear what effect that [option] would have. Would there be another election? Would she [Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey] appoint someone? Would the second place winner automatically win? That’s an issue the courts would have to deal with.

  2. Marsha Blackburn:

    The Attorney General should immediately appoint a special counsel to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden's business dealings with Communist China, joe and Hunter Biden have been long intertwined with Beijing and profited off shady business deals with the CCP.

  3. Marlene McHugh:

    Will I require a feeding tube, oxygen, dialysis ? appoint someone to be your voice, to make decisions on your behalf.

  4. Matteo Salvini:

    ITALY'S BERLUSCONI ADOPTS TRUMP'S RHETORIC AS ELECTION NEARS, CALLS MIGRANTS A 'SOCIAL BOMB' The coalition leaders have said whichever party gets the most votes will get to choose the prime minister. Berlusconi has said he would appoint longtime ally and European Parliament President Antonio Tajani. Should the League get more votes, that would open the door to Salvini being prime minister. However, that is unlikely if the polls are accurate, and there are indications that Salvini and Berlusconi are more likely to hash out a deal where Salvini gets a migration-focused position at the Interior Department. Give me the interior ministry for three months and you'll see what order and cleanliness I bring back from north to south all over Italy.

  5. Elizabeth Wydra:

    It's extremely likely President Trump is going to appoint someone who is not going to follow Justice Kennedy's lead in those cases and will go even further in undermining constitutional rights and degrading the rule of law.

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#1152appropriate
#2268reserve
#3439cancel
#3548resume
#3815reverse
#5370recall
#6857retain
#7367refuse
#7851deny
#8719undo
#10524withdraw
#12149appoint
#13027suspend
#18031seize
#23641withhold
#31211disappoint
#67809confiscate

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