assign

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ASSIGN

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>

Synonyms assign, charge, commission, task, trust

Related Words confer, impose; commit, confide, consign, delegate, recommend, relegate, repose; allocate, allot; authorize, empower, invest

to give as a share or portion <each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer>

Synonyms allocate, allow, apportion, assign, distribute, lot, ration

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

to give over the legal possession or ownership of <assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to the Boy Scouts>

Synonyms alien, alienate, assign, cede, convey, deed, make over

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

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>

Synonyms assign, attach, commission, constitute, designate, detail, name, nominate, place