dismiss

dismiss is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
2. transitive verb. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.
3. transitive verb. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
4. noun. Dismission.
5. verb. declare void

   "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"

   Synonyms: dissolve

6. verb. bar from attention or consideration

   "She dismissed his advances"

   Synonyms: discount, disregard, ignore

7. verb. cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration

   "This case is dismissed!"

8. verb. end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave

   "I was dismissed after I gave my report"

9. verb. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

   "The boss fired his secretary today"

   "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

   Synonyms: can, displace, fire, sack, terminate

10. verb. stop associating with

    "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

    Synonyms: drop

Synonyms

dissolve, discount, disregard, ignore, can, displace, fire, sack, terminate, drop

Common word forms

dismissal, dismissed, dismisser, dismisses, dismissing, dismissable

Words from these letters

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