APPOINTED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

appointed

verb

Definition of appointed

past tense of appoint

as in set

to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority at the appointed hour we were in our places

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as in nominated

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty was appointed to the council on national security

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Recent Examples of appointed Its board members are appointed by Illinois’ governor and Chicago’s mayor. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Licata and Fort Worth ISD’s Board of Managers implemented the Elevate model for the district’s most struggling campuses shortly after they were appointed to their jobs by the Texas Education Agency as part of its takeover of the district. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026 Artificial intelligence is the focus of one of the task forces Warsh has appointed to advise the Fed. — Scott Horsley, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026 Uthmeier and Moody were appointed by DeSantis to their current positions last year. — Liv Caputo, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026 Given the partisan Senate standoff over the Clarity Act, having five sitting commissioners appointed from both sides of the aisle at the SEC and CFTC may help ease the tense negotiations. — Cleve Mesidor, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Rauch was appointed to represent him in the post-conviction proceeding. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 28 Aug. 2026 Matt and Ross Duffer have appointed Josh Stern as president of Upside Down Pictures, the production company under their exclusive deal with Paramount. — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026 President al-Sharaa then appointed him as one of his advisers. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026

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Hence, retail traders will gain a cheaper and more precise way to speculate on crude, but production, consumption, inventories and geopolitics will remain the dominant forces setting prices.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Pairing rolled clothing with compression packing cubes, like this Bagail six-piece set with mesh panels to easily see what’s inside, can help keep outfits organized while creating extra room for souvenirs on the way home.

— Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of set

Verb

To start, readers nominated 40 bakeries crafting delicious sweet treats in Charlotte and the surrounding area, then narrowed down the field across five rounds of voting.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2026
The last time he was nominated for an Oscar, today’s monthslong grind of awards-season campaigning barely existed.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of nominated

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He was designated for assignment by the Mets in late April and played 16 games for Baltimore’s Triple-A affiliate in Norfolk before being released on June 12.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
The strong tropical disturbance, designated Invest 95E by the hurricane center, is about 1,500 miles south-southeast of San Diego, said Michael Lowry, a hurricane specialist at WPLG-TV in South Florida.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of designated

Verb

The rule requires election officials to submit each mail voter’s name and address to a new USPS portal, along with unique Intelligent Mail barcodes assigned to the envelopes used to send and return that voter’s ballot.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Such was the case for David Dastmalchian, who was filming 2021’s The Suicide Squad in Panama when the CDS assigned him a new feline companion.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of assigned

Verb

Johnson, the East Moline Democrat who spurned membership on the working group, noted it was constituted by lawmakers who had publicly spoken out in support of Welch in the fallout over his handling of the Benton scandal.

— Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
In 1970 people with tenure or tenure-track jobs constituted 73% of those teaching at colleges and universities.

— Paul Osterman, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of constituted

Verb

The score was originally commissioned by the San Francisco Ballet’s artistic director, Tamara Rojo, with choreography by Aszure Barton.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2026
Kaufman was a Jewish émigré from Buenos Aires who had clients in Manhattan and had been commissioned to build another house on the island for shoe designer Danny Berk.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of commissioned

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