dismiss

Meaning of dismiss

verb
  1. order or allow to leave; send away.
    she dismissed the taxi at the corner of the road
  2. treat as unworthy of serious consideration.
    it would be easy to dismiss him as all brawn and no brain

late Middle English: from medieval Latin dismiss-, variant of Latin dimiss- ‘sent away’, from the verb dimittere .

Information about dismiss

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of dismiss

dis-miss

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • dismiss is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

dismiss synonyms

Meaning disregard:

disregard, discount, ignore

Meaning send packing:

drop

Meaning fire:

fire, can, sack, terminate

Meaning dissolve:

dissolve

Meaning allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free:

release

Meaning release from confinement or slavery:

free

Meaning (with reference to an organized group) break up or cause to break up:

disband

Meaning distribute or spread over a wide area:

disperse

Meaning dismiss from the armed forces or police:

discharge

Meaning take (troops) out of active service, typically at the end of a war:

demobilize

Meaning get rid of (something unwanted):

banish

Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:

abandon

Meaning fail to remember:

forget

Meaning refuse to agree to (a request):

reject

Meaning refuse to give (something requested or desired) to (someone):

deny

Meaning deny the truth or validity of:

repudiate

Meaning reject with disdain or contempt:

spurn

dismiss antonyms

Meaning bring together parts or combine to create (something):

form

Meaning (of people) gather together in one place for a common purpose:

assemble

Meaning provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment:

entertain

Translation of dismiss

Words that rhyme with dismiss

Miss, miss, amiss, unamiss, submiss, Cheremiss, cheremiss, demipremiss, demiss, overremiss, premiss, remiss, dimiss, schoolmiss, fideicommiss, immiss, promiss, permiss, predismiss, redismiss, koumiss, kumiss

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