Synonyms for appointed
ap·point·ed

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1. appointive, appointedadjective

   subject to appointment

   Synonyms:
   prescribed, ordained, appointive, decreed

   Antonyms:
   unfurnished, unassigned, unsettled

2. appointedadjective

   selected for a job

   "the one appointed for guard duty"

   Synonyms:
   prescribed, ordained, appointive, decreed

   Antonyms:
   unassigned, unfurnished, unsettled

3. appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribedadjective

   fixed or established especially by order or command

   "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")

   Synonyms:
   prescribed, ordained, official, appointive, decreed, positive

   Antonyms:
   unfurnished, unsettled, unassigned

4. appointedadjective

   provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind)

   "a house that is beautifully appointed"

   Synonyms:
   prescribed, ordained, appointive, decreed

   Antonyms:
   unfurnished, unsettled, unassigned

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1. encharge

   to be given the responsibility of doing a task or providing a material thing.

   Submitted by rinat on June 1, 2017  

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1. List of paraphrases for "appointed":

   designated, named, nominated, appointment, appoint, ain, appointing, appointments, assigned, recruited, ein, designate, called, appoints, minister-designate, identified, re-appointed

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1. Stanley Brand:

   So there could well be -- and I believe there is -- an issue with the composition of the of the committee, since it does not have a full slate of Republican members and there's some issue about how the Republican members were appointed.

2. Cliff Johnson:

   You’d have a police department and judges and prosecutors who aren’t accountable to local voters, all of whom are appointed by White officials in a city that’s 82% Black.

3. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch:

   The chief justice appointed an internal committee to oversee the investigation, that committee has been busy, and we’re looking forward to their report, I hope, soon.

4. Richard Blumenthal:

   A special counsel is appointed only in very rare serious circumstances involving grave violations of public trust, the public has a right and need to know the facts of such betrayals of public trust.

5. Stephen Hess:

   From the very moment that he was appointed, before Nixon was even president, Daniel Patrick Moynihan started to bombard him with memos.