Synonyms for dispatch
dɪˈspætʃdis·patch

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1. dispatchverb

   Synonyms:
   make haste, destroy, kill, send

2. dispatchverb

   To send a shipment with promptness.

   Synonyms:
   destroy, send, kill, make haste

3. dispatchverb

   To send an important official message sent by a diplomat or military officer with promptness

   Synonyms:
   make haste, kill, send, destroy

4. dispatchverb

   To hurry

   Synonyms:
   kill, make haste, send, destroy

5. dispatchverb

   To deprive.

   Synonyms:
   kill, make haste, send, destroy

6. dispatchverb

   To destroy quickly and efficiently

   Synonyms:
   send, kill, make haste, destroy

7. dispatchverb

   To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (computing, often with to)

   Synonyms:
   send, make haste, destroy, kill

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.3 / 4 votes

1. dispatch

   Synonyms:
   expedite, send, accelerate, hasten, execute, conclude, used also in the sense of kill

   Antonyms:
   retard, detain, obstruct, impede

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1. dispatch, despatch, communiquenoun

   an official report (usually sent in haste)

   Synonyms:
   expedition, despatch, shipment, communique, expeditiousness

2. dispatch, despatch, shipmentnoun

   the act of sending off something

   Synonyms:
   expeditiousness, consignment, cargo, lading, shipment, expedition, load, payload, loading, communique, freight, despatch

3. dispatch, despatch, expedition, expeditiousnessnoun

   the property of being prompt and efficient

   "it was done with dispatch"

   Synonyms:
   sashay, excursion, expeditiousness, jaunt, expedition, shipment, hostile expedition, outing, junket, communique, military expedition, pleasure trip, despatch

4. dispatch, despatchverb

   killing a person or animal

   Synonyms:
   expedition, despatch, shipment, communique, expeditiousness

5. dispatch, despatch, send offverb

   send away towards a designated goal

   Synonyms:
   polish off, off, murder, send off, discharge, despatch, slay, get off, remove, hit, bump off, complete, send, project

6. dispatch, discharge, completeverb

   complete or carry out

   "discharge one's duties"

   Synonyms:
   unload, empty, despatch, complete, expel, exhaust, go off, hit, nail, drop off, release, send off, fill out, finish, fire, polish off, off, fill in, slay, exculpate, assoil, set down, clear, make out, put down, acquit, murder, drop, discharge, exonerate, free, eject, muster out, bump off, remove

7. murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, removeverb

   kill intentionally and with premeditation

   "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

   Synonyms:
   shoot, despatch, complete, wrap up, hit, arrive at, transfer, attain, send off, finish up, reach, eat up, take out, move out, get rid of, strike, score, finish, make, polish off, collide with, gain, mangle, withdraw, tally, off, finish off, absent, run into, stumble, slay, impinge on, clear up, murder, rack up, mutilate, mop up, discharge, come to, take away, take, pip, get through, bump off, remove

8. dispatchverb

   dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently

   "He dispatched the task he was assigned"

   Synonyms:
   polish off, off, murder, send off, discharge, despatch, slay, remove, hit, bump off, complete

9. dispatchverb

   kill without delay

   "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators"

   Synonyms:
   polish off, off, murder, send off, discharge, despatch, slay, remove, hit, bump off, complete

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Departure
   • Execute
   • Kill

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. dispatchverb

   Synonyms:
   [Written also Despatch.] send away (in haste)

2. dispatchverb

   Synonyms:
   kill, slay, slaughter, assassinate, put to death, send out of the world

3. dispatchverb

   Synonyms:
   hasten, expedite, accelerate, speed, quicken, forward, push or urge forward, press or urge on, make short work of

4. dispatchnoun

   Synonyms:
   speed, haste, expedition, promptness, celerity

5. dispatchnoun

   Synonyms:
   message, communication, telegram

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1. dispatchnoun

   Synonyms:
   haste, speed, celerity, expedition, message, telegram

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1. List of paraphrases for "dispatch":

   shipment, expedition, send, sending, consignment, dispatching, shipping, transmittal, dispatched, sent, despatch, issuance, mailing, 'expédition, allocation, assignment, shipments, dispatcher, ship-to, ship

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1. Conner Doss and Kane Daugherty:

   I hear Miss Julie say,' Hey ! Somebody help !' So, I run up. Miss Julie's over here shaking really bad, i picked up the [ dispatch radio ], I said,' Somebody help. Our bus driver feels really dizzy.' Somebody called Miss Julie phone.

2. David Haynes:

   Isaiah is now fighting for his life as a result of these completely avoidable errors by the deputy and dispatch.

3. Billy Brown attorney:

   Mr. Brown [ is ] not the first person to come before the court with significant medical problems, Juneau Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg said, according to the Alaska Dispatch News. Billy Brown issued a statement to FOX411 regarding Billy Brown sentencing. Alaska’s dividend program has specific requirements for the length of time in the state, and the reasons for being out of Alaska.

4. Miguel de Cervantes:

   There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would do a dish of fritters.

5. Officer McPhilamy:

   Dispatch advised that a juvenile had gone to a neighbor's house and stated they didn't have food and needed something to eat.