DISMISS Synonyms
There are 15 hypernyms of the word dismiss. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for DISMISS
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send away | verbv | |||||||
verb • stop associating with • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | ||||||||
can | verbv | |||||||
noun • airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. • the quantity contained in a can • a buoy with a round bottom and conical top • the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on • a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination • a room or building equipped with one or more toilets verb • preserve in a can or tin • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | ||||||||
discount | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise • interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan • a refund of some fraction of the amount paid • an amount or percentage deducted verb • bar from attention or consideration • give a reduction in price on | ||||||||
displace | verbv | |||||||
verb • cause to move, usually with force or pressure • take the place of or have precedence over • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position • cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense | ||||||||
disregard | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • lack of attention and due care • willful lack of care and attention verb • refuse to acknowledge • bar from attention or consideration • give little or no attention to | ||||||||
dissolve | verbv | |||||||
noun • (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out verb • grow less and less substantial until it disappears • cause to go into a solution • come to an end • stop functioning or cohering as a unit • cause to lose control emotionally • lose control emotionally • cause to fade away • pass into a solution • become or cause to become soft or liquid • bring the association of to an end or cause to break up • declare void | ||||||||
drop | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a shape that is spherical and small • a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) • a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity • a steep high face of rock • a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property) • a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity • a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery • a central depository where things can be left or picked up • the act of dropping something verb • let fall to the ground • to fall vertically • go down in value • fall or descend to a lower place or level • terminate an association with • utter with seeming casualness • stop pursuing or acting • remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave • cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow • lose (a game) • pay out • lower the pitch of (musical notes) • hang loosely • stop associating with • let or cause to fall in drops • to remove • take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth • omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing • leave undone or leave out • change from one level to another • fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death • grow progressively worse • give birth; used for animals | ||||||||
fire | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the event of something burning (often destructive) • the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy • the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke • a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning • once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile • feelings of great warmth and intensity • fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking • a severe trial • intense adverse criticism verb • start firing a weapon • cause to go off • bake in a kiln so as to harden • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position • go off or discharge • drive out or away by or as if by fire • call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) • destroy by fire • provide with fuel • generate an electrical impulse • become ignited • start or maintain a fire in | ||||||||
ignore | verbv | |||||||
verb • refuse to acknowledge • bar from attention or consideration • fail to notice • give little or no attention to • be ignorant of or in the dark about | ||||||||
sack | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases • an enclosed space • the quantity contained in a sack • any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry) • a woman's full loose hiplength jacket • a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily • a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist • the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter • the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) verb • plunder (a town) after capture • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position • make as a net profit • put in a sack | ||||||||
terminate | verbv | |||||||
verb • bring to an end or halt • have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical • be the end of; be the last or concluding part of • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | ||||||||
brush aside | verbv | |||||||
verb • bar from attention or consideration | ||||||||
give notice | verbv | |||||||
verb • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position • inform (somebody) of something | ||||||||
give the axe | verbv | |||||||
verb • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position • terminate a relationship abruptly | ||||||||
give the sack | verbv | |||||||
verb • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | ||||||||
push aside | verbv | |||||||
verb • push out of the way • bar from attention or consideration | ||||||||
send packing | verbv | |||||||
verb • stop associating with | ||||||||
throw out | verbv | |||||||
verb • force to leave or move out • throw or cast away • remove from a position or office • bring forward for consideration or acceptance • cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration | ||||||||
usher out | verbv | |||||||
verb • end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave |