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Questions about allocate

What is another word for allocate?

It depends which allocate you mean. In the sense “distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose”, the synonyms are apportion. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of allocate?

WordNet records no antonym for allocate. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for allocate come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of allocate

• Full entry for allocateAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for allocateWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
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