Dispense Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-spĕns
To administer
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. distribute
  2. deal
  3. parcel out
  4. dole out
  5. undertake
  6. divide
  7. enforce
  8. portion
  9. administer
  10. mete-out
  11. ration
  12. direct
  13. share
  14. divvy
  15. lot
  16. shell out
  17. deal-out
  18. dish-out
  19. allot
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To oversee the provision or execution of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. administer
  2. administrate
  3. carry out
  4. execute
To free from an obligation or duty
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. absolve
  2. discharge
  3. excuse
  4. exempt
  5. let off
  6. relieve
  7. spare
Antonyms:
  1. prohibit
To give or deal out, especially in parts or portions:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. distribute
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Words Related to Dispense

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.

Dispense Sentence Examples

  • History Logic cannot dispense with the light afforded by its history so long as counter-solutions of the same fundamental problems continue to hold the field.

  • Could he dispense with tea and coffee?

  • Hale (1687), by which he was allowed to dispense Catholics from the Test Act.

  • He rolled his eyes, as if having to dispense the information were pointless.

  • But the attempt to maintain the empire in its unity proved impracticable; and almost immediately there began the embittered war, waged for several decades by the generals (diadochi), for the inheritance of the great king.2 It was soon obvious that the eastern rulers, at all events, could not dispense with the native element.

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