Synonyms for appointment
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Designation — the act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust
designation, tenure formal
2. Engagement
3. Assignment
4. Arrangement
order, law, arrangement, decree, edict, ordination, ordinance
Other
office, meeting, appointee, allotment, position, deputation, nomination, delegation, place, station, assignation, fitting
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust.
His appointment as treasurer was deemed suitable.
- n. 2
The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed.
the appointment of treasurer
- n. 3
A stipulation; an agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
- n. 4
An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.
They made an appointment to meet at six.
Forms
- Plural
- appointments → designations, tenures, engagements, dates…
Example sentences
- meeting The date and place of the meeting have been fixed.
- fitting I would like to try it. Where is the fitting room?
- nomination No man received enough votes to win the nomination.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| appointment | falling | |
| meeting | falling | |
| fitting | steady | |
| nomination | falling | |
| appointee | falling | |
| deputation | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- law1
- 4 letters
- date1
- 5 letters
- place1, order2, edict2
- 6 letters
- office2, tenure2, naming2, decree2
- 7 letters
- meeting2, station2, fitting2
- 8 letters
- position3
- 9 letters
- ordinance3, allotment3, appointee3
- 10 letters
- engagement3, assignment3, nomination4, delegation4, ordination4, deputation
- 11 letters
- arrangement3, designation4, assignation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- nomination
- Deutsch
- Ernennung