Dictionary entry details
• DISMISS (verb)
Meaning:
Bar from attention or consideration
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
brush aside; brush off; discount; dismiss; disregard; ignore; push aside
Context example:
She dismissed his advances
Hypernyms (to "dismiss" is one way to...):
reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dismiss"):
cold-shoulder; slight (pay no attention to, disrespect)
disoblige (ignore someone's wishes)
laugh away; laugh off (deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it)
turn a blind eye (refuse to acknowledge)
flout; scoff (treat with contemptuous disregard)
pass off (disregard)
shrug off (minimize the importance of, brush aside)
discredit (cause to be distrusted or disbelieved)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
dismiss; throw out
Context example:
This case is dismissed!
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Stop associating with
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
send away; send packing; dismiss; drop
Context example:
They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock
Hypernyms (to "dismiss" is one way to...):
can; dismiss; fire; force out; give notice; give the axe; give the sack; sack; send away; terminate (terminate the employment of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Terminate the employment of
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
give the sack; give the axe; give notice; send away; sack; force out; can; fire; dismiss; terminate
Context examples:
The boss fired his secretary today / The company terminated 25% of its workers
Hypernyms (to "dismiss" is one way to...):
remove (remove from a position or an office)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dismiss"):
retire (make (someone) retire)
pension off (let go from employment with an attractive pension)
clean out (force out)
furlough; lay off (dismiss, usually for economic reasons)
squeeze out (force out)
dismiss; drop; send away; send packing (stop associating with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Meaning:
End one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
usher out; dismiss
Context example:
I was dismissed after I gave my report
Hypernyms (to "dismiss" is one way to...):
say farewell (say good-bye or bid farewell)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Declare void
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dismiss; dissolve
Context example:
The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections
Hypernyms (to "dismiss" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
