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DISMISSING Synonyms

There are 19 synonyms of the word dismissing. (exact relations)
There are 16 hypernyms of the word dismissing. (close relations)
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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

Best Hypernyms For DISMISSING

Here is a list of related hypernyms for dismissing, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (11)
alter can change dismiss displace fire modify reject remove sack terminate
Phrases (5)
give noticegive the axegive the sacksay farewellsend away

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