Synonyms for commit
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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 paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "commit":

   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:

1. COMMIT

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1. Ryan Bushell:

   People aren't going to want to commit volumes over a 20-year basis when they don't know if they're going to get through the next 20 days.

2. Albert Einstein:

   To my mind to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.

3. State Department aide David Holmes:

   While we had advised our Ukrainian counterparts to voice a commitment to following the rule of law and generally to investigating credible corruption allegations, this was a demand that Volodymyr Zelensky personally commit to a specific investigation of President Trump's political rival on a cable news channel.

4. Emily Pham:

   I think (OU President David Boren) is only pleased to be recognized for a goal that the university has yet to attain, if it’s a goal that you don’t follow through on and you don’t commit your efforts to building an inclusive experience for people of color, women, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA and other groups at OU, then your diversity numbers are worth nothing.

5. Rod Rosenstein:

   You view it as an issue of principle that I need to commit to appoint a special counsel in a manner that I don't even know if it's being investigated, but my view is that I have a responsibility when I take that oath, if I become deputy attorney general. I cannot take it conditioned upon having committed how I'm going to handle a particular case.

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