dismiss
[verb]
Synonyms:
- sack (informal), axe (informal), cashier, discharge, fire (informal), give notice to, give (someone) their marching orders, lay off, remove
- let go, disperse, dissolve, free, release, send away
- put out of one's mind, banish, discard, dispel, disregard, lay aside, reject, set aside

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Antonyms: employ
Contrasted words: hire, contract, engage, get, obtain, procure, secure
Related Idioms: give one the gate (or one's walking papers), let go, give the ax (or the can) to, send one to Coventry
Related Words: depose, deselect, displace, furlough, lay off, remove, retire, suspend, unseat, reject, turn away, riff, cast, discard, shed, slough, deride, mock, rally, ridicule, taunt, twit, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, scoff, contemn, despise, disdain, scorn, scout

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

dis‧miss W3 /dɪsˈmɪs/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: dimissus, past participle of dimittere 'to send away']

1. to refuse to consider someone’s idea, opinion etc, because you think it is not serious, true, or important:
The government has dismissed criticisms that the country’s health policy is a mess.
dismiss something as something
He just laughed and dismissed my proposal as unrealistic.
It’s an idea that shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand (=dismissed immediately and completely).

2. to remove someone from their job Synonym : fire, sack
dismiss somebody from something
Bryant was unfairly dismissed from his post.
dismiss somebody for something
Employees can be dismissed for sending obscene emails.

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In everyday British English, people usually say sack someone, and in everyday American English, people usually say fire someone, rather than use dismiss:
He was sacked (BrE)/fired (AmE) for being late all the time.

3. formal to tell someone that they are allowed to go, or are no longer needed:
The class was dismissed early today.

4. if a judge dismisses a court case, he or she stops it from continuing:
The case was dismissed owing to lack of evidence.

5. to end the innings of a player or team in the game of cricket

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

dismiss
verb
I. decide sth is not important
ADV. quickly | out of hand, summarily He dismissed her suggestion out of hand.
easily, lightly, readily Children's fears should never be dismissed lightly.
contemptuously She contemptuously dismissed their complaints.
VERB + DISMISS cannot/could not, unable to | be difficult to, be easy to, be possible to It was not easy to dismiss the matter from his thoughts.
try to
PREP. as, from She dismissed their arguments as irrelevant. She tried to dismiss the idea from her mind.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

dismiss
II. remove sb from a job
ADV. fairly | unfairly, wrongfully The court ruled that Ms Hill had been unfairly dismissed.
constructively | summarily
PREP. from He was summarily dismissed from his job.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

dismiss

dismiss an idea/suggestion
Both actors dismissed any idea of a romantic relationship between them.
dismiss a notion formal (=idea)
The Minister dismissed the notion that he had cut petrol tax because of the forthcoming by-election.
dismiss a possibility
The Prime Minister dismissed the possibility of an early election.
dismiss a claim
An industrial tribunal dismissed his claim of unfair discrimination.
dismiss an allegation/charge
She claimed that she was honest and dismissed the allegations against her.
dismiss a thought
Was he lying? I tried to dismiss the thought.
dismiss fears
The Transport Minister dismissed fears that the Cotswold railway line would close.
dismiss criticism
He dismissed criticism of the country's human rights record.
easily/lightly (=without much thought)
This is a question that cannot be dismissed lightly.
dismiss something out of hand (=immediately, without thinking about it)
It's an interesting idea so don't dismiss it out of hand.

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