Synonyms for dispatch
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Slay
slay, ship out, send away, hit, finish, murder, off, offn US, remove, do, do in, conclude, liquidate, polish off, bump off, rub out, dispose of
2. Kill — to destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently
kill, assassinate, slaughter, destroy, do for, exterminate, annihilate
4. Send
send, expedite, accelerate, forward, hasten, quicken, make haste dated
Other
Noun
1. Hurry — the act of doing something quickly
hurry, celerity, haste, rapidity, promptness, speed, quickness, promptitude, swiftness, alacrity
2. Expedition
3. Message
Other
shipment, fulfillment US, fulfilment UK, send-off, knock-off
Definitions
- v. 1
To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
- v. 2
To send (a shipment) with promptness.
- n. 1
The act of doing something quickly.
We must act with dispatch in this matter.
- n. 2
A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
Related words
- Word family
- dispatcher
- Phrases
- dispatch box dispatch case dispatch rider static dispatch multiple dispatch
- Other spellings
- despatch UK
Forms
- Plural
- dispatches → hurries, celerities, hastes, rapidities…
- Past participle
- dispatched
e.g. dispatched → slain, finished, murdered, offed…
Example sentences
- remove Please remove that chair because it is in the way.
- send If I could send you a marshmallow, Trang, I would.
- execute It's not OK to execute someone without due process.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dispatch | falling | |
| remove | steady | |
| send | steady | |
| execute | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 2 letters
- do1
- 3 letters
- off1, hit1
- 4 letters
- kill1, send1, slay1, offn
- 5 letters
- speed1, hurry2, haste1
- 6 letters
- finish2, murder2, remove2, hasten2
- 7 letters
- forward2, message2, perform2, destroy2, execute3, quicken2
- 8 letters
- complete2, conclude2, shipment2, telegram3, expedite3, rapidity4, alacrity4, celerity4
- 9 letters
- discharge2, slaughter2, liquidate3, quickness2, swiftness2
- 10 letters
- expedition4, accelerate4, fulfilment, annihilate4, communique4, promptness
- 11 letters
- fulfillment3, assassinate4, exterminate4, promptitude
- 13 letters
- communication5
- 15 letters
- expeditiousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hurry2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dispatcher