Thesaurus
assign
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of ASSIGN
1
to give a task, duty, or responsibility to <assigned the class with the task of finding something in the state constitution they felt needed changing>
2
to give as a share or portion <each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer>
Related Words admeasure, administer, deal, dispense, divide, dole out, hand out, measure, mete (out), meter, parcel (out), part, portion, prorate, share (out), split; accord, award, give, grant; earmark, reserve; chip in, contribute, donate; reallocate, reapportion, reassign, redistribute
Near Antonyms begrudge, deny, deprive (of); keep, retain, stint, withhold; appropriate, arrogate, confiscate
3
to give over the legal possession or ownership of <assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to the Boy Scouts>
Related Words bequeath, hand down, leave, pass (down), will; bestow, commend, commit, confer, contribute, deliver, donate, grant, hand over, move, pass, present, release, relinquish, surrender, transmit, turn in, turn over, vest, yield; consign, entrust (also intrust), trust; lease, lend, let [chiefly British], loan, rent
Near Antonyms expropriate
4
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty <the mayor assigned the panel with the task of luring a major sports franchise to the city>
Related Words authorize, delegate, depute, deputize; anoint, consecrate, create, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, institute, invest, make, ordain; crown, enthrone, throne; choose, destine, draft, elect, handpick, select, single (out), vote (in)
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