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Relegate

🔄 Synonyms of "Relegate"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
breakverb	(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
barnoun	A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
submitverb	(ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
banishverb	(transitive) To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
pass onverb	(transitive) To convey or communicate.
demoteverb	(transitive) To lower the rank or status of.
kick downstairsverb	assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
bumpnoun	A light blow or jolting collision.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
advancenoun	To help the progress of (something); to further.
promoteverb	(transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
elevateverb	(transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position.
raiseverb	(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
upgradeverb	An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
kick upstairsverb	(transitive, informal, idiomatic) To promote (an employee considered troublesome) to a position of lesser influence, but of apparently higher status.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
banishverb	(transitive) To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
submitverb	(ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
demoteverb	(transitive) To lower the rank or status of.
pass onverb	(transitive) To convey or communicate.
breakverb	(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
bumpverb	To knock against or run into with a jolt.
barverb	(transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).
kick downstairsverb	assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
abandonverb	(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
expelverb	(transitive) To eject.
deportverb	(transitive) To evict, especially from a country.
putverb	To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
consignverb	(transitive, business) To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.
classifyverb	to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
referverb	(transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
religateverb	(surgery) To ligate again.
excommunicatenoun	An excommunicated person.
expatriatenoun	One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.
forbannoun	(transitive, rare, archaic, poetic or obsolete) To exile; banish.
send awayverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To dismiss from one's presence.