Synonyms for consignment
Most common
cargo freight shipment lading commission delivery entrustment consignation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Commitment
Other
delivery, commission, disposal, delegation, entrustment, consignation
Definitions
- n. 1
A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent.
- n. 2
The act of consigning.
Related words
- Word family
- consignee
Forms
- Plural
- consignments → shipments, cargoes, ladings, freights…
Example sentences
- cargo Icebreakers are used to carry cargo and break ice.
- freight To wish another well bears more freight in Italian.
- shipment Your shipment should be delivered within 24 hours.
- commission Rachel's going to be out of commission for a while.
- delivery Restaurants are only open for takeout and delivery.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| consignment | falling | |
| cargo | falling | |
| freight | falling | |
| shipment | falling | |
| lading | falling | |
| commission | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- load1
- 5 letters
- cargo2
- 6 letters
- lading2
- 7 letters
- loading2, freight1, payload2
- 8 letters
- delivery4, disposal3, shipment2
- 9 letters
- committal3
- 10 letters
- commission3, commitment3, delegation4
- 11 letters
- entrustment
- 12 letters
- consignation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cargo2 = 2 syllables).