- discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped - having lost your job
Antonym: employed (indirect, via unemployed)
- dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore - bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"
--1 is one way to reject
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- dismiss, throw out - cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This case is dismissed!"
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun dismissal1
Somebody ----s something
- dismiss, send packing, send away, drop - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
--3 is one way to fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate - terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
--4 is one way to remove
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun dismission2, noun dismissal4
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- 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"
--5 is one way to say farewell
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun dismissal3
Somebody ----s somebody
- dissolve, dismiss - declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
--6 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something