relegate

relegate is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish. Face value is 9 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.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.
2. verb. assign to a class or kind

   "How should algae be classified?"

   "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"

   Synonyms: classify

3. verb. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

   "She was demoted because she always speaks up"

   "He was broken down to Sergeant"

   Synonyms: break, bump, demote

4. verb. expel, as if by official decree

   "he was banished from his own country"

   Synonyms: banish, bar

5. verb. refer to another person for decision or judgment

   "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

   Synonyms: submit

Synonyms

classify, break, bump, demote, banish, bar, submit

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in relegate:

eglatere, regelate

Common word forms

relegated, relegates, relegating

Words from these letters

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