All dismiss synonyms
disΒ·miss
D d verb dismiss
- free β enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- disband β to break up or dissolve (an organization): They disbanded the corporation.
- reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- release β to lease again.
- dissolve β to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- oust β to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the prime minister in the next election.
- suspend β to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- fire β combustion
- recall β to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
- retire β a movement in which the dancer brings one foot to the knee of the supporting leg and then returns it to the fifth position.
- terminate β to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- sack β a strong light-colored wine formerly imported from Spain and the Canary Islands.
- depose β If a ruler or political leader is deposed, they are forced to give up their position.
- impeach β to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
- discharge β to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- disqualify β to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
- ridicule β speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- deride β If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
- shed β Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
- repudiate β to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- dispatch β to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- disperse β to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- rid β to sit on and manage (a horse, bicycle, etc.) so as to be carried along.
- chase β If you chase someone, or chase after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them.
- relegate β to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service.
- divorce β a divorced man.
- boot β Boots are shoes that cover your whole foot and the lower part of your leg.
- abolish β If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
- bundle β A bundle of things is a number of them that are tied together or wrapped in a cloth or bag so that they can be carried or stored.
- deport β If a government deports someone, usually someone who is not a citizen of that country, it sends them out of the country because they have committed a crime or because it believes they do not have the right to be there.
- detach β If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
- banish β If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it.
- relinquish β to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- supersede β to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.
- clear β Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- chuck β When you chuck something somewhere, you throw it there in a casual or careless way.
- repel β to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- discard β to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- outlaw β a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
- furlough β Military. a vacation or leave of absence granted to an enlisted person.
- bump β If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
- cashier β A cashier is a person who customers pay money to or get money from in places such as shops or banks.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- displace β to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
- bounce β When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it.
- depone β to declare (something) under oath; testify; depose
- can β You use can when you are mentioning a quality or fact about something which people may make use of if they want to.
- shelve β to place (something) on a shelf or shelves.