Synonyms for commit
kəˈmɪt

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1. perpetrate, commit, pull(verb)

   perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

   "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"

   Synonyms:
   dedicate, pull in, place, attract, overstretch, perpetrate, intrust, trust, deplumate, force, rive, invest, draw out, pull, get out, take out, institutionalise, give, root for, devote, institutionalize, pluck, charge, practice, deplume, pull up, confide, pull out, draw, consecrate, tear, rend, send, extract, entrust, draw in, rip, displume, put

2. give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote(verb)

   give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

   "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"

   Synonyms:
   chip in, dedicate, cave in, collapse, institutionalize, place, put, impart, pass on, perpetrate, move over, return, establish, reach, present, have, vow, fall in, make, pay, charge, throw, sanctify, gift, kick in, feed, ordinate, break, institutionalise, ease up, apply, give, grant, open, founder, devote, hold, ordain, pass, render, intrust, hallow, practice, sacrifice, yield, turn over, send, confide, leave, invest, give way, bless, consecrate, generate, contribute, entrust, trust, pull, afford, order, hand

3. commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge(verb)

   cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

   "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

   Synonyms:
   ship, beam, dedicate, get off, place, put, mail, consign, excite, perpetrate, intrust, send off, blame, station, agitate, appoint, post, bear down, load, point, consecrate, rouse, shoot down, buck, commove, pull, accuse, institutionalise, lodge, give, transport, bill, shoot, devote, direct, level, file, turn on, charge, practice, broadcast, charge up, send out, invest, confide, air, institutionalize, send, entrust, trust, saddle, tear, burden, transmit

4. entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit(verb)

   confer a trust upon

   "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"

   Synonyms:
   institutionalize, put, charge, dedicate, intrust, trust, devote, practice, invest, confide, pull, institutionalise, consecrate, give, hope, desire, swear, entrust, perpetrate, leave, bank, rely, place, send, believe

5. invest, put, commit, place(verb)

   make an investment

   "Put money into bonds"

   Synonyms:
   dedicate, seat, institutionalize, empower, put, endue, localize, perpetrate, intrust, trust, enthrone, target, vest, post, station, place, frame, point, come in, gift, position, grade, arrange, adorn, assign, pull, lay, institutionalise, give, aim, cast, devote, redact, couch, identify, direct, charge, practice, endow, indue, site, set up, invest, confide, rank, consecrate, rate, clothe, send, induct, entrust, come out, set, order, locate, pose, localise, range

6. commit, practice(verb)

   engage in or perform

   "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"

   Synonyms:
   institutionalize, put, charge, dedicate, institutionalise, trust, devote, drill, invest, confide, pull, use, consecrate, give, intrust, entrust, perpetrate, practice, rehearse, practise, apply, place, do, send, exercise

English Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. commit

   Commit, in the sense here considered, is to give in charge, put into care or keeping; to confide or entrust is to commit especially to one's fidelity, confide being used chiefly of mental or spiritual, entrust also of material things; we assign a duty, confide a secret, entrust a treasure; we commit thoughts to writing; commit a paper to the flames, a body to the earth; a prisoner is committed to jail. Consign is a formal word in mercantile use; as, to consign goods to an agent. Religiously, we consign the body to the grave, commit the soul to God. Compare DO.

   Synonyms:
   assign, confide, consign, entrust, relegate, trust

   Preposition:
   Commit to a friend for safe-keeping; in law, commit to prison; for trial; without bail; in default of bail; on suspicion.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. commit

   Synonyms:
   perpetrate, execute, confide, relegate, intrust, assign, allocate, consign

   Antonyms:
   miscommit, misconsign, misintrust, omit

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. commit(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   intrust, consign, confide, give in trust

2. commit(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   deposit, put, place, lay

3. commit(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   perpetrate, enact, do, perform

4. commit(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   imprison, send to prison

5. commit(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   engage, pledge, implicate

6. commit(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   compromit, endanger, bring into danger, put at hazard, put in jeopardy

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. commit(v)

   Synonyms:
   intrust, consign, perpetrate, do

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   committing, perpetrate, engage, undertake, validate, validation, committed, oblige, devote, allocate, hire

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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How to use commit in a sentence?

1. Mat Oakley:

   The markets across Europe are pretty tight in terms of vacancy rates and lenders are so risk averse in terms of speculative office development that a bank would have to do a pre-let (commit to rent a property before it has been built), or buy a site.

2. Elon Musk:

   No, just like [ Unsworth ] didn't clarify he wanted to sodomize me with a submarine. I didn't think it required clarification, i think that would have been worse. If you called someone a motherf' er I don't think you would have to clarify you don't actually commit incest. It would sound disingenuous.

3. Ehsan Sehgal:

   The investigation is to find the crime; whereas, the spying is to commit the crime.

4. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere:

   Those who commit serious offenses here forfeit their right to stay here.

5. Saj Khan:

   Theory has some sense to it, but without seeing long-term outcomes and without seeing patients that have been treated in this way I wouldn't commit Saj Khan to it.

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