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| Main Entry: |
dismissed
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sent away |
| Synonyms: | discharged, ousted, removed |
| Main Entry: | dismiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove from job, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | ax, boot out, boot, bounce*, bump*, can*, cashier, defrock, depone, depose, deselect, discharge, disemploy, disfrock, displace, disqualify, drop, fire, furlough, give notice to, give the ax, give the gate, give the heave-ho, give walking papers, give warning, impeach, kick out, lay off, let go, let out, oust, pension, pink-slip, put away, recall, retire, sack, send packing, shelve, shut out, suspend, terminate, turn away, unfrock, unseat, wash out |
| Antonyms: | appoint, employ, engage, hire, keep, secure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dismiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put out of one's mind |
| Synonyms: | banish, contemn, deride, despise, discard, disdain, dispel, disregard, drop, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, kiss off, laugh away, lay aside, mock, pooh-pooh, rally, reject, relegate, repudiate, repulse, ridicule, scoff, scorn, scout, set aside, shelve, spurn, taunt, twit |
| Antonyms: | accept, welcome |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not guilty |
| Synonyms: | absolved, blameless, clean, cleared, discharged, dismissed, exculpated, exonerated, guiltless, immaculate, innocent, pure, sinless, stainless, unblemished, uncensurable, undefiled, untarnished, untroubled |
| Antonyms: | culpable, guilty, responsible |
| Main Entry: | convalescent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | improving, recuperating |
| Synonyms: | ambulatory, discharged, dismissed, gaining strength, getting better, getting over something, getting well, healing, mending, on the mend, past crisis, perked up, rallying, recovering, rejuvenated, rejuvenating, released, restored, strengthening |
| Antonyms: | failing, faltering, regressing, sickly, weak, worsening |
| Main Entry: | fired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discharged |
| Synonyms: | dismissed, let go |
| Main Entry: | neglected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slighted |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, affronted, cast aside, decayed, declined, deferred, depreciated, deserted, despised, deteriorated, disdained, dismissed, disregarded, evaded, forgotten, ignored, lapsed, omitted, overlooked, passed over, postponed, scorned, shunned, spurned, tossed aside, unconsidered, underestimated, undervalued, unheeded, unused, unwanted, unwatched |
| Antonyms: | cared for, considered, heeded, used |
| Main Entry: | punished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disciplined |
| Synonyms: | birched, castigated, chastened, chastised, confined, corrected, debarred, defrocked, dismissed, executed, exiled, expelled, flogged, grounded*, immured, imprisoned, incarcerated, lectured, penalized, reproved, scolded, sentenced, spanked, switched, whipped |
| Antonyms: | cleared, exonerated, released |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recalled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | relieved of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | brought back, canned, discharged, dismissed, displaced, fired, laid off, let go, ousted, removed, replaced, retired, suspended |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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