type cast

[tahyp-kast, -kahst] / ˈtaɪpˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /

VERB

pigeonhole

Synonyms

STRONG

assort class classify defer delay dismiss file group hold label peg postpone rank sideline sort tab table

WEAK

hold off hold up lay aside put aside put down as put off put on hold put on ice put on the back burner

Antonyms

STRONG

advance disorder expedite forward hasten hurry maintain scatter

Example Sentences

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Executive producer Michelle Paradise told IndieWire that she and fellow executive producer Alex Kurtzman type-cast Ms. Abrams as president of Earth.

From Washington Times • Mar. 17, 2022

Jane,” he won leading roles in “The Brothers” and “Two Can Play That Game” and was soon type-cast as the heartthrob.

From Time • Nov. 14, 2013

I wonder if he's not worried about getting type-cast for the rest of his career.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2012

It is no great liability that trim, urbane, greyingly handsome Kingman Brewster, at 48, looks rather as if he had been type-cast by Otto Preminger for the job of chief salesman and spokesman for Yale.

From Time Magazine Archive

Senator Crane was the exact opposite of Brent, in that he looked to be exactly what he was; a figure rigidly type-cast to the role of a blustering, tactless servant of the people.

From Ten From Infinity by Fairman, Paul W.

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