Dispatch Synonyms and Antonyms

dispach; for n., esp. 4-5, also dispach
To send something on its way
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. send
  2. transmit
  3. forward
  4. address
  5. consign
  6. express
  7. route
  8. ship
Antonyms:
  1. hold
  2. retain
  3. keep
  4. hold back
  5. prohibit
To kill deliberately
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. murder
  2. polish off
  3. put-to-death
  4. consume
  5. devour
  6. eat up
  7. slay
  8. hit
  9. finish
  10. put away
  11. bump off
  12. off
  13. remove
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The act of sending off something
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. despatch
  2. shipment
Rapidness of movement or activity
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. despatch
  2. expedition
  3. expeditiousness
  4. celerity
  5. fleetness
  6. haste
  7. hurry
  8. hustle
  9. quickness
  10. rapidity
  11. rapidness
  12. speed
  13. speediness
  14. swiftness
  15. communiqué
Antonyms:
  1. silence
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To relegate to a specific destination or send on specific business.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. send
Speed in carrying out action
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. haste
Antonyms:
  1. retention
  2. slowing

Words Related to Dispatch

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Dispatch Sentence Examples

  • So it was decided to send a dispatch to the staff.

  • He took the dispatch which was addressed to him and began to read it with a mournful expression.

  • Give orders to your army to dispatch the undead.

  • And Bilibin repeated the actual words of the diplomatic dispatch, which he had himself composed.

  • Petya! exclaimed Denisov, having run through the dispatch.

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