WordNet Search

Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"

S: (v) dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore (bar from attention or consideration) "She dismissed his advances"
S: (v) dismiss, throw out (cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration) "This case is dismissed!"
S: (v) dismiss, send packing, send away, drop (stop associating with) "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
S: (v) displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position) "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

S: (v) unseat (remove from political office) "The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat"
S: (v) oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel (remove from a position or office) "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
S: (v) displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position) "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
S: (v) drop (terminate an association with) "drop him from the Republican ticket"
S: (v) pull off (cause to withdraw) "We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged"
S: (v) winkle out (force from a place or position) "The committee winkled out the unqualified candidates"
S: (v) invalid (force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen)
S: (v) bench (take out of a game; of players)

S: (v) dismiss, usher out (end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave) "I was dismissed after I gave my report"
S: (v) dissolve, dismiss (declare void) "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"

S: (v) change, alter, modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"