Synonyms for relegate
ˈrɛl ɪˌgeɪtrel·e·gate

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1. relegate

   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, commit, confide, consign, entrust, trust

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

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1. relegate

   Synonyms:
   remove, transfer, banish, transport, exile, deport, despatch

   Antonyms:
   recal, locate, reinstate

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1. relegate, pass on, submitverb

   refer to another person for decision or judgment

   "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

   Synonyms:
   demote, circulate, classify, banish, put forward, impart, pass on, kick downstairs, put in, give in, resign, progress, reach, present, communicate, advance, defer, state, subject, bow, reconcile, accede, break, give, go on, pass, render, move on, pass along, take, bar, pass around, put across, distribute, turn over, leave, bump, posit, march on, submit, hand

2. demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairsverb

   assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

   "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"

   Synonyms:
   crack, bar, give way, violate, break dance, give out, unwrap, fall apart, collapse, die, classify, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, snap off, stop, go, demote, break out, separate, split, give away, damp, smash, happen, knock, interrupt, offend, get out, fracture, bring out, soften, reveal, divulge, pause, let on, get around, bust, wear out, cave in, encounter, break-dance, check, break up, breach, break in, give, split up, chance, better, burst, go bad, break off, disclose, find, erupt, recrudesce, submit, go against, dampen, break down, break away, fall in, bump, let out, conk out, ruin, kick downstairs, part, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, develop, expose, break, banish, discontinue, intermit, dislodge, wear, pass on

3. banish, relegate, barverb

   expel, as if by official decree

   "he was banished from his own country"

   Synonyms:
   barricade, blockade, block up, bump, cast out, banish, classify, ban, blackball, submit, demote, break, debar, block, kick downstairs, bar, ostracize, block off, pass on, exclude, ostracise, stop, shun

4. relegate, classifyverb

   assign to a class or kind

   "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"

   Synonyms:
   kick downstairs, bump, assort, pass on, bar, class, banish, classify, demote, separate, sort, sort out, break, submit

Matched Categories

1. • Assign

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1. relegateverb

   Synonyms:
   transfer, remove, consign

2. relegateverb

   Synonyms:
   banish, expatriate, send into exile

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1. List of paraphrases for "relegate":

   consign

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How to use relegate in a sentence?

1. Leo Strine:

   To relegate those kinds of things to an arbitration proceeding, in my view is fundamentally inconsistent with the historical promise of our corporate law. It is not our brand.

2. David Friedman:

   To my friend Donald Trump, you are better than this. Even a social visit from an antisemite like Kanye West and human scum like Nick Fuentes is unacceptable, i urge you to throw those bums out, disavow them and relegate them to the dustbin of history where they belong.