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Synonyms for "relegate" in English

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relegate:
- classify; relegate; break; bump; demote; kick downstairs; bar; banish; submit; pass on

English

Detailed Synonyms for relegate in English

relegate:

relegate verb

relegate

– assign to a class or kind ¹
to classify; relegate
– assign to a class or kind ¹
- classify verb (classifies, classified, classifying)
  - How should algae be classified?¹
- relegate verb
  - People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms¹
relegate

– assign to a lower position; reduce in rank ¹
to break; to bump; relegate; demote; kick downstairs
– assign to a lower position; reduce in rank ¹
- break verb (breaks, broke, breaking)
  - He was broken down to Sergeant¹
- bump verb (bumps, bumped, bumping)
- relegate verb
- demote verb
  - She was demoted because she always speaks up¹
- kick downstairs verb
relegate

– expel, as if by official decree ¹
to bar; to banish; relegate
– expel, as if by official decree ¹
- bar verb (bars, barred, barring)
- banish verb (banishs, banished, banishing)
  - he was banished from his own country¹
- relegate verb
relegate

– refer to another person for decision or judgment ¹
to submit; to pass on; relegate
– refer to another person for decision or judgment ¹
- submit verb (submits, submitted, submitting)
- pass on verb (passes on, passed on, passing on)
- relegate verb
  - She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues¹

Alternate Synonyms for "relegate":

pass on; submit; subject
demote; bump; break; kick downstairs; delegate; designate; depute; assign; bump off
banish; bar; expel; throw out; kick out
classify; attribute

Antonyms for "relegate":

promote

Related Definitions for "relegate":

assign to a class or kind¹
- People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms¹
assign to a lower position; reduce in rank¹
expel, as if by official decree¹
refer to another person for decision or judgment¹
- She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University