Synonyms for dismiss
dɪsˈmɪsdis·miss

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1. dismiss

   Banish, primarily to put under ban, to compel by authority to leave a place or country, perhaps with restriction to some other place or country. From a country, a person may be banished, exiled, or expatriated; banished from any country where he may happen to be, but expatriated or exiled only from his own. One may expatriate or exile himself; he is banished by others. Banish is a word of wide import; one may banish disturbing thoughts; care may banish sleep. To expel is to drive out with violence or rudeness, and so often with disgrace.

   Synonyms:
   ban, banish, discharge, dislodge, drive out, eject, evict, exile, expatriate, expel, ostracize, oust

   Preposition:
   Cataline was banished from Rome; John the Apostle was banished to Patmos.

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1. dismiss

   Synonyms:
   banish, discard, abandon, cashier, send off, divest, discharge

   Antonyms:
   retain, detain, keep, maintain

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1. dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignoreverb

   bar from attention or consideration

   "She dismissed his advances"

   Synonyms:
   neglect, send away, snub, throw out, give the sack, usher out, disregard, brush aside, sack, drop, discount, send packing, cut, force out, displace, can, push aside, ignore, brush off, give notice, terminate, dissolve, give the axe, fire, push away

2. dismiss, throw outverb

   cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration

   "This case is dismissed!"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, toss out, ignore, discard, expel, sack, give the axe, usher out, toss away, boot out, kick out, give the sack, brush aside, cast away, advance, discount, dispose, fire, brush off, cast aside, give notice, displace, send packing, dissolve, oust, push aside, send away, cast out, chuck out, can, toss, throw away, drum out, fling, drop, force out, terminate, disregard, put away

3. dismiss, send packing, send away, dropverb

   stop associating with

   "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

   Synonyms:
   unload, ignore, brush aside, fell, dribble, sack, give the axe, usher out, drop off, can, drop down, sink, give the sack, put down, deteriorate, discount, overleap, fire, leave out, throw, cast, brush off, cut down, give notice, neglect, throw out, displace, send packing, degenerate, dissolve, devolve, expend, push aside, set down, flatten, swing, cast off, strike down, throw off, drip, dangle, drop, shake off, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, force out, miss, pretermit, throw away, terminate, disregard, send away, shed, omit

4. displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminateverb

   terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

   "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, kindle, notify, depose, advise, gouge, go off, give the axe, burn, tin, can, apprize, rout out, plunder, enkindle, give the sack, put up, sack, end, give the bounce, evict, elicit, discount, finish, move, fire, stop, arouse, drive out, crowd out, brush off, squeeze out, give notice, open fire, usher out, displace, send packing, send word, apprise, dissolve, push aside, give the gate, raise, clear, ignore, provoke, sack up, burn down, cease, squirt, rouse, brush aside, discharge, evoke, fuel, force out, preempt, eject, terminate, disregard, drop, send away, net

5. dismiss, usher outverb

   end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave

   "I was dismissed after I gave my report"

   Synonyms:
   send away, throw out, give the sack, usher out, disregard, brush aside, sack, drop, discount, send packing, force out, displace, can, push aside, ignore, brush off, give notice, terminate, dissolve, give the axe, fire

6. dissolve, dismissverb

   declare void

   "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"

   Synonyms:
   send away, brush aside, give the sack, unfreeze, disregard, usher out, melt, fade away, give notice, thaw, unthaw, drop, discount, dethaw, send packing, force out, resolve, can, push aside, break up, brush off, fade out, fire, displace, ignore, sack, terminate, dissolve, give the axe, disband, throw out

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1. dismissverb

   Synonyms:
   send away, give leave to go, permit to go

2. dismissverb

   Synonyms:
   discharge, discard, cashier, turn off, turn out, remove from office, turn adrift, send packing, send about one's business

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1. dismissverb

   Synonyms:
   discharge, cashier, banish

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1. List of paraphrases for "dismiss":

   reject, revoke, sack, discard, rejects, exclude, dismisses, expel, disallow

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How to use dismiss in a sentence?

1. Ann Arnall:

   I will not dismiss my appeal and do not feel that my right to appeal should be denied because I have accepted, in the interim, a small portion of the estate that we built over more than two decades.

2. Bruce Schroeder:

   I couldn't have asked for a better jury to work with and it has truly been my pleasure, i think, without commenting on your verdict, the verdicts themselves, just in terms of your attentiveness and the cooperation that you gave to us, justifies the confidence that the founders of our country placed in you so I dismiss you at this time.

3. Don Samuel:

   We will, however, promptly file a motion to dismiss them, because the members of the board are not alleged to have done anything wrong. Nothing. So, we believe the court will ultimately dismiss the case against them as well.

4. Jennifer Friedman:

   The law is clear that Congress cannot try to settle garden variety disputes with the Executive Branch in the courts, this case is just another partisan attack -- this one, paid for by the taxpayers -- and we believe the courts will ultimately dismiss it.

5. Gerard Cassidy:

   We're kind of trying to thread a needle here because on the one hand we don't want to dismiss this situation but on the other hand this is not a catastrophic 'oh my God here we go again,'.