RELEGATED Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

relegated

verb

past tense of relegate

as in banished

to force to leave a country courtiers and generals who incurred the emperor's disfavor were soon relegated to the farther reaches of the empire

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as in classified

to arrange or assign according to type some psychologists argue that the syndrome should be relegated to a different class of autism

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Recent Examples of relegated Of all Premier League clubs to have featured in all three of Emery’s full seasons, only Wolverhampton Wanderers (who got relegated in May) had a lower net spend than Villa. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 27 July 2026 While Betamax was considered the superior technology, it’s been relegated to the dustbin of history. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 July 2026 And worse, relegated to the proverbial dungeon or more accurately, the back of a bedside table drawer. — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 But Zendaya’s character is relegated to head-nodding and offering reassurance to Matt Damon’s Odysseus. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 20 July 2026 Instead of playing in Sunday’s final, the two traditional soccer powers will be relegated to a third-place bronze match Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium that will provide little consolation to either team or their fan bases. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026 In adapting Homer’s tale for the big screen, however, Christopher Nolan takes a different approach, with Zendaya’s Athena relegated to the sidelines. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 July 2026 The brand’s reputation for solid reliability has kept it ahead of SUVs from other automakers, and the nation’s embrace of SUVs and crossovers relegated the poor old Camry to near-bottom of the top 10. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026 The impact would not be relegated to particularly sensitive groups such as the elderly or people with preexisting conditions, but would hit everyone. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026

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Calypso had been banished to live on the island of Ogygia after the Olympians defeated the Titans long ago.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
Gu-cheon is joined in his mission by Saeng-gang (Crash Course in Romance’s Roh Yoon-seo), the daughter of King Ju-sang who was banished from the palace as a young girl for her ability to hear spirits.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 17 July 2026

Definition of banished

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Grammy rules permit an individual recording to compete in one specialized genre field, even when the album connected to that artist is classified elsewhere.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
In using the hydration breaks as an opportunity to air a few minutes of extra commercials per half, Fox’s World Cup coverage has been classified as an entirely separate entity from Telemundo’s traditional ad-free presentation.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 July 2026

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Joe, a Geordie exiled to Yorkshire in search of work, regaled his son with stories of Jackie Milburn and the three FA Cup triumphs of the 1950s.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
And last year’s constitutional reforms had already established a one-party system in a country where opposition leaders no longer exist, because they have been exiled.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Definition of exiled

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Though Miami has four players who ranked in the top 38 in three-point percentage last season, the perception has been that the Heat is one shooter short.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
The Chiefs ranked second in pass-block win rate last year, per ESPN’s Analytics tracking.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026

Definition of ranked

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In the nine months between October and June, 356,389 people have been deported, compared with 319,980 deportations for the 12 prior months.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
But even as the Haitian immigrants’ TPS case moves through the federal court in Washington, many of them could still be deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

— Jay Weaver July 22, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of deported

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Brady was grouped with Novak Djokovic and eventual overall winner Justin Bieber (both of whom hit multiple shots from the three-point line).

— David Betancourt, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Among the diverse international literatures grouped together under that heading, there are dozens of writers who reinvented literature to cope with ruptures of their own.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

Definition of grouped

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Freud once helpfully distinguished that healthy thing, mourning, from melancholia—the mourning that never ends, grief that is unable to let the lost object go.

— Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
The winners distinguished themselves from rivals because of their specs, features and general driving experiences.

— Charles Singh, USA Today, 17 July 2026

Definition of distinguished

Verb

The statement did not explicitly reject or endorse the constitutional amendment, which Republican lawmakers placed on the ballot.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
Another criminalist testified earlier in the multi-day probable cause hearing that several Clorox-type wipes covered in brown stains were found in an inner trash bag placed inside the outer bag.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026

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