Dismiss

/dɪsˈmɪs/

Synonyms for "dismiss" (426 found)

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Strong matches (127)

Verb(29 words)
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give the axegive the sackignore biologyignore feelingsignored warningsignoresignoringignoring evidenceinvalided
Noun(18 words)
discard samplediscardsdischargesdisregard artworksdisregard biologydissesfire prefixfiresfiringfurloughingignorare qualcunoignore requestignore temperatureignore the factsignore warningsjunkinglandfillslayoff
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drive backdropdrop the subjectdrum outejecteliminateevictexceptexcludeexcommunicateexculpateexcuseexemptexempt fromexonerateexpelextrudefend offfinishfireflightfloorfloutforgetforget about itforget itforgiveforswearfreefurloughgibegirdgive absolutiongive the airgive the axgive the gategive the go-bygo bail forgo separate waysgrant amnesty togrant bail togrant immunitygrant remissionhave done withhold offhustle outignorejeerjiltjustifykeep offkickkick outkick upstairskisslaughlay asidelay offlet go
Adjective(1 words)
intentional disregard

Related words (213)

let go freelet it golet looselet offlet outlet sliplightliquidatelook right throughmake little ofmake redundantmockmuster outneglectnonplusnonprosoustoutoverlookoverthrow
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overturnoverwhelmpackpack offpardonparoleparrypartpart companypasspass bypass uppay no attention topensionpension offpooh poohpooh-poohpurgepush asidepush backput asideput awayput backput on paroleput to silencequash the chargerallyread out ofrebuffrebutrecantreduce to silencerefuserefuse to acknowledgerefuse to considerrefuse to recognizerefuterejectreleaseremitremoveremove from officerenouncerepelreplacereprobaterepudiaterepulseretireridiculeriffrulesackscatterscoffscornscoutsendsend awaysend offsend packingseparateseparate forciblyset asideset freesettleshedshove awayshow the doorshow the gateshriveshrug offshut upsilenceslightsloughsmash all oppositionsnapsneeze atsnubsplit upspurnsquashsquelchstripstrip of officestrip of ranksubvertsuperannuatesupplantsurplussuspendtauntterminatethink nothing ofthrow awaythrow outthrust asidethrust backthumbtoss outtraversetrivializeturfturnturn awayturn away fromturn backturn downturn offturn outtwitunchurchuncrownundermineunfrockunhandunmarryunsaddleunseatunthroneupsetvindicatewaiveward offwhitewashwithdraw the chargewrite off
Noun(26 words)
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tashmittriflesunfrockingutter nonentitywavingwillful ignore
Adjective(3 words)
repulsive conductsuperannuatedsystematic disregard

Related word relations

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More general

27 entries
alterbreakbreak offcanceasechangeclassroom management actiondecision makingdiscontinuedisplaceemployment actionfireforce outgive noticegive the axegive the sack

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More specific

9 entries

Collocations

6 entries
dismiss a proposaldismiss classdismiss for causedismiss from officedismiss out of handdismiss rumors

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

3 entries

similar

3 entries
break updissolvedrop

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

First of all, we must dismiss him.

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First of all, we must dismiss the cook.

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Dismiss him from that post.

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I don't know whether she believed me or not but in any case it seems she doesn't automatically dismiss talk of the supernatural.

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