relegate

Plural: relegates

Verb

Verb Forms: relegated, relegating, relegates

• To assign to a lower or less important position.
• refer to another person for decision or judgment
  • "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
• expel, as if by official decree
• assign to a class or kind
  • "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
• Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
• Exile or banish to a particular place.
• Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
• Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
• Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
• Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
• Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
• Remove or send to a place far away.
• Consign or assign.
• Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
• Consign or assign.
• Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
• Consign or assign.
• Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
• Refer or submit.
• Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
• Refer or submit.
• Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
• Refer or submit.
• Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.

Noun

• A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.

Adj

• Relegated; exiled.

Examples

• After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division.
• He was forced to RELEGATE his prized Q tile to a less impactful play.
• Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager.

Synonyms

banish, bar, break, bump, classify, demote, kick downstairs, pass on, submit

Antonyms

promote

Related Words

relegation

Anagrams of relegate