Thesaurus
assess
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of ASSESS
1
to establish or apply as a charge or penalty <the utility company will assess a fee if your payment is late>
Related Words dock, excise, mulct, penalize, tax; extort, shake down, wrest, wring; bleed, fleece, gouge, milk, skin, squeeze; coerce, compel, force; inflict, wreak; set; reapply, reimpose, relay
Near Antonyms abate, diminish, lessen; forgive, release; condone, disregard, excuse, gloss (over), gloze (over), ignore, pardon
Antonyms remit
2
to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding <let's step back and assess the situation>
Related Words adjudge, deem, judge; ascertain, determine, discover, learn; price, prize; decide, settle; analyze, assay, survey, test; reappraise, reassess, reevaluate, rejudge, revalue; transvaluate, transvalue; misesteem, misjudge, misprize, underestimate, undervalue
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