Synonyms for allot
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Distribute
deal out, distribute, deal, give out, parcel out, apportion, mete out, dispense, dole out, divide, portion out, measure, part, dish out, shell out, apply, prescribe, administer, parcel, lot dated
2. Assign
assign, appoint, portion, set apart, cast, designate, destine, allocate, dedicate, devote, ordain
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
- v. 2
To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.
Each candidate was allotted five minutes to make a presentation in front of the judges.
- v. 3
to intend; reckon
Related words
- Word family
- allotment
Forms
- Past participle
- allotted
e.g. allotted → distributed, dealt, apportioned, dispensed…
Choose the right word
Allot, originally to assign by lot, applies to the giving of a definite thing to a certain person. Allot may also refer to space; as, to allot a plot of ground for a cemetery; but we now oftener use select, set apart, or assign.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- apportion We need to figure out how to apportion the food.
- allow He didn't allow me to pay the bill for the dinner.
By length
- 3 letters
- lot1
- 4 letters
- part1, give1, deal1, cast1
- 5 letters
- allow2, award2, apply2, grant1
- 6 letters
- divide2, accord2, parcel2, assign2, devote2, impart2, bestow2, ordain2
- 7 letters
- measure2, portion2, appoint2, earmark2, destine
- 8 letters
- dedicate3, allocate3, dispense2
- 9 letters
- prescribe2, designate3, apportion3
- 10 letters
- distribute3, administer4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (allow2 = 2 syllables).