Synonyms for assign
verb
To delegate to a specific purpose
commit, commission, authorize, hand over, earmark, allocate,
detail, appoint, allot, prescribe, nominate, name, select, hold
responsible, empower, entrust, allow, cast, deputize, attach,
charge, accredit, hire, elect, ordain, enroll, relegate, draft.
Antonyms maintain*, dismiss, keep back.
To distribute
give out, consign, allot; see allot, distribute 1.
To designate
specify, indicate, set apart; see designate 1.
To attribute
ascribe, attribute, accredit; see attribute.
See syn. study atallot, attribute.
See assign in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To set aside or apart for a specified purpose:
allocate, appropriate, designate, earmark. See collect, moneyTo set aside or distribute as a share:
admeasure, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, give, lot, measure out, mete (out). See collectTo regard as belonging to or resulting from another:
accredit, ascribe, attribute, charge, credit, impute, lay1, refer. See giveTo ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to:
affix, blame, fasten, fix, impute, pin on, place. See give- (Law)
To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document:
cede, deed, grant, make over, sign over. (Law) alien, alienate, convey, transfer. See give, law To appoint and send to a particular place:
post2, set1, station. See place
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