assignment - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for assignment , a list of similar words for assignment from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

Synonyms

• appointment
• assignment
• designation
• naming

More generic

• conclusion
• decision
• determination

More specific

• co-optation
• co-option
• delegacy
• nomination
• ordinance
• ordination
• recognition

Noun

the act of distributing something to designated places or persons

Synonyms

• assigning
• assignment

More generic

• distribution

More specific

• allocation
• storage allocation

Noun

a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

Synonyms

• assignment
• duty assignment

More generic

• duty

More specific

• charge
• commission
• fatigue
• fatigue duty
• guard
• guard duty
• mission
• reassignment
• sea-duty
• sentry duty
• sentry go
• service abroad
• shipboard duty
• shore duty

Noun

an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

Synonyms

• assignment

More generic

• labor
• project
• task
• undertaking

More specific

• school assignment
• schoolwork
• writing assignment
• written assignment

Noun

the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

Synonyms

• assignment

More generic

• instrument
• legal document
• legal instrument
• official document

Noun

(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

Synonyms

• assignment
• grant

More generic

• transferred possession
• transferred property

More specific

• apanage
• appanage
• land grant

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