What does dismiss mean?

dismiss means "bar from attention or consideration". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dismiss?

dismiss has 2 syllables: di-smiss. The stress falls on "smiss". In IPA it is /dɪˈsmɪs/.

What is another word for dismiss?

Close synonyms include disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dismiss a common word?

dismiss is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

dismiss — meaning, pronunciation and 6 definitions

verb

6 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
bar from attention or consideration
“She dismissed his advances”
Synonymsdisregard brush aside brush off discount push aside ignore
Broaderreject
Narrowerslight discredit shrug off pass off scoff turn a blind eye laugh off disoblige
2.
cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
“This case is dismissed!”
Synonymsthrow out
3.
stop associating with
“They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock”
Synonymssend packing send away drop
Broaderdisplace
4.
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
“The boss fired his secretary today”
“The company terminated 25% of its workers”
Synonymsdisplace fire give notice can give the axe send away sack force out give the sack terminate
Broaderremove
Narrowerretire pension off clean out furlough squeeze out
5.
end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
“I was dismissed after I gave my report”
Synonymsusher out
Broadersay farewell
6.
declare void
“The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections”
Synonymsdissolve
Broaderchange

Other forms of dismiss

past tense: dismissed·
present participle: dismissing·
third person: dismisses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dismiss

What does dismiss mean?: dismiss means "bar from attention or consideration". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in dismiss?: dismiss has 2 syllables: di-smiss. The stress falls on "smiss". In IPA it is /dɪˈsmɪs/.
What is another word for dismiss?: Close synonyms include disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is dismiss a common word?: dismiss is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for dismiss come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

verb

6 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
bar from attention or consideration
“She dismissed his advances”
Synonymsdisregard brush aside brush off discount push aside ignore
Broaderreject
Narrowerslight discredit shrug off pass off scoff turn a blind eye laugh off disoblige
2.
cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
“This case is dismissed!”
Synonymsthrow out
3.
stop associating with
“They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock”
Synonymssend packing send away drop
Broaderdisplace
4.
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
“The boss fired his secretary today”
“The company terminated 25% of its workers”
Synonymsdisplace fire give notice can give the axe send away sack force out give the sack terminate
Broaderremove
Narrowerretire pension off clean out furlough squeeze out
5.
end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
“I was dismissed after I gave my report”
Synonymsusher out
Broadersay farewell
6.
declare void
“The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections”
Synonymsdissolve
Broaderchange

Other forms of dismiss

past tense: dismissed·
present participle: dismissing·
third person: dismisses·

Questions about dismiss

What does dismiss mean?: dismiss means "bar from attention or consideration". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in dismiss?: dismiss has 2 syllables: di-smiss. The stress falls on "smiss". In IPA it is /dɪˈsmɪs/.
What is another word for dismiss?: Close synonyms include disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is dismiss a common word?: dismiss is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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