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Synonyms for charge

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

commission order rate instruction responsibility care attack complaint

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Commission

commission, order, rate, instruction, mission, duty, office, agency, command, trust, bid, instruct

2. Responsibility

responsibility, care, custody, tutelage, management, oversight, keeping, superintendence, guardianship, ward, keep dated

3. Attack

attack, rush, assault, thrust, kick

4. Complaint — an accusation. An accusation by a person or organization

complaint, allegation, count

Other

accusation, expense, cost, direction, expenditure, imposition, price, electric charge, indictment, call-out, capacity, obligation

Verb

1. Fee — to formally accuse (a person) of a crime

fee, accuse, tax, take to task, indict, have up UK, admonish, incriminate

2. Lay — to impute or ascribe

lay, put, impute, put down to, place, ascribe, attribute, impose dated

3. Commit

commit, send, entrust

4. Burden

burden, saddle

Other

load, bill, blame, direct, require, point, freight, shoot down, level, shoot, file, bear down

Antonyms

re-treat, acquit, exonerate

All antonyms of charge →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An accusation. An accusation by a person or organization.

    That's a slanderous charge of abuse of trust.

  2. n. 2

    The amount of money levied for a service.

    There will be a charge of five dollars.

  3. v. 1

    To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.

    I'm charging you with assault and battery.

  4. v. 2

    To impute or ascribe.

Related words

Word family
chargeless chargon
Phrases
free of charge charge up charge sheet depth charge service charge take charge charge account charge card
Is a kind of
bearing
Other spellings
charre UK

Forms

Plural
charges → commissions, orders, rates, instructions…
Past participle
charged
e.g. charged → feed, accused, taxed, indicted…

Choose the right word

Charge or Accuse?

One may charge another with any fault, great or trifling, privately or publicly, formally or informally. Accuse is stronger than charge, suggesting more of the formal and criminal; a person may charge a friend with unkindness or neglect; he may accuse a tramp of stealing.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • rate His synchronizing rate left nothing to be desired.
  • commission Rachel's going to be out of commission for a while.
  • responsibility The group claimed responsibility for the bombings.
  • assault Tom currently faces charges of aggravated assault.
  • cost I was determined to fulfill my duties at any cost.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
chargefalling
ratefalling
commissionfalling
responsibilityfalling
assaultrising
costfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
put1, tax1, lay1, fee1, bid1
4 letters
keep1, care1, cost1, bill1, rate1, send1, file1, duty2, kick1, load1, rush1, ward1
5 letters
place1, order2, point1, level2, price1, trust1, count1, shoot1, blame1
6 letters
office2, attack2, agency3, direct2, commit2, burden2, thrust1, impose2, accuse2, saddle2, indict2, impute2
7 letters
mission2, keeping2, require3, command2, assault2, custody3, expense2, freight1, entrust2, ascribe2
8 letters
capacity4, instruct2, tutelage3, admonish3
9 letters
direction3, complaint2, oversight3, attribute3
10 letters
management3, commission3, obligation4, indictment3, accusation4, allegation4, imposition4
11 letters
instruction3, expenditure4, incriminate4
12 letters
guardianship4
14 letters
responsibility6
15 letters
superintendence

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (duty2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
inculpation
Deutsch
Anklage