Synonyms for assignment
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Appointment
2. Apportionment
apportionment, conveyance, allotment, transfer, presentation, allocation, distribution, offer, grant, allowance, giving, disposition, transference
Other
task, homework, specification, stint, fixing, determination, emplacement
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.
- n. 2
The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.
Forms
- Plural
- assignments → appointments, designations, namings, apportionments…
Example sentences
- presentation We had to make a presentation about the Civil War.
- allocation It's all about intelligent allocation of resources.
- task The accomplishment of the task took several years.
- homework You need not have helped my son with his homework.
- stint Tom turned his life around after a stint in rehab.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| assignment | steady | |
| presentation | steady | |
| allocation | steady | |
| task | steady | |
| homework | rising | |
| stint | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- task1
- 5 letters
- offer2, grant1, stint1
- 6 letters
- giving2, fixing2, naming2
- 8 letters
- transfer2, homework2
- 9 letters
- allowance3, allotment3
- 10 letters
- allocation4, conveyance3
- 11 letters
- appointment3, designation4, disposition4, emplacement3
- 12 letters
- distribution4, presentation4, transference3
- 13 letters
- determination5, specification5, apportionment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (offer2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- affectation
- Italiano
- assegnamento
- Español
- afectación
- Deutsch
- Zuweisung