doled out

1. 1.

   given out in portions

   Synonymsapportioneddealt outmeted outparceled out

   Similardistributed

Questions about doled out

What does doled out mean?

doled out means "given out in portions".

What is another word for doled out?

Close synonyms include apportioned, dealt out, meted out, parceled out. 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 doled out a common word?

doled out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.