COMMIT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for COMMIT?

Need another word that means the same as “commit”? Find 50 synonyms and 30 related words for “commit” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Commit” are: consecrate, dedicate, devote, give, perpetrate, pull, charge, institutionalise, institutionalize, send, invest, place, put, practice, confide, entrust, intrust, trust, carry out, do, perform, engage in, enact, execute, effect, accomplish, pledge, apply, bind, obligate, staunch, firm, keen, sworn, pledged, allocate, assign, allot, give over, afford, apportion, surrender, consign, sacrifice, deliver, confine, hospitalize, put away, lock away, lock up

Commit as a Verb

Definitions of "Commit" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “commit” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Engage in or perform.
• Confer a trust upon.
• Make an investment.
• Send (someone) to be confined in a psychiatric hospital.
• Pledge or set aside (resources) for future use.
• Perpetrate or carry out (a mistake, crime, or immoral act.
• Send (a person or case) for trial in a higher court.
• Resolve to remain in a long-term emotional relationship with (someone.
• Consign (someone) officially to prison, especially on remand.
• Be in a long-term emotional relationship with (someone.
• Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
• Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
• Be dedicated to (something.
• Pledge or bind (a person or an organization) to a certain course or policy.
• Refer (a parliamentary or legislative bill) to a committee.
• Transfer something to (a state or place where it can be kept or preserved.
• Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.

Synonyms of "Commit" as a verb (50 Words)

accomplish	To gain with effort. Once this form has been accomplished the applicant needs to secure supporting documents.
afford	Afford access to. Our meeting afforded much interesting information.
allocate	Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose. Students are allocated accommodation on a yearly basis.
allot	Allow to have. I was allotted a little room in the servants block.
apply	Apply oneself to. Apply a principle.
apportion	Give out as one’s portion or share. They did not apportion blame or liability to any one individual.
assign	Give an assignment to a person to a post or assign a task to a person. We were assigned new uniforms.
bind	Provide with a binding. Bind the books in leather.
carry out	Have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence.
charge	Cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on. The committee was charged with reshaping the educational system.
confide	Reveal in private tell confidentially. He confided in friends that he and his wife planned to separate.
confine	Deprive of freedom take into confinement. He was confined to bed for four days with a bad dose of flu.
consecrate	Render holy by means of religious rites. After the priest had consecrated the bread and wine it was immortal and divine.
consign	Send (goods) by a public carrier. He consigned three paintings to Sotheby s.
dedicate	Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause. The parish church is dedicated to St Paul.
deliver	Deliver a speech oration or idea. He had been able to deliver votes in huge numbers.
devote	Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause. I wanted to devote more time to my family.
do	Get something done. You must sit there and wait till I ve done.
effect	Cause (something) to happen; bring about. The prime minister effected many policy changes.
enact	Act out (a role or play) on stage. Legislation was enacted to attract international companies.
engage in	Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.
entrust	Confer a trust upon. You persuade people to entrust their savings to you.
execute	Put in effect. The skater executed a triple pirouette.
firm	Fix (a plant) securely in the soil. He believed house prices would firm by the end of the year.
give	Give entirely to a specific person activity or cause. Give a yelp.
give over	Give food to.
hospitalize	Admit into a hospital. Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high.
institutionalise	Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
institutionalize	Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution. He was institutionalized in a school for the destitute.
intrust	Confer a trust upon.
invest	Make an investment. Fort Pulaski was invested and captured.
keen	Express grief verbally.
lock away	Fasten with a lock.
lock up	Fasten with a lock.
obligate	Force somebody to do something. The money must be obligated within 30 days.
perform	Give a performance of something. We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera.
perpetrate	Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation. Perpetrate a crime.
place	Place somebody in a particular situation or location. They place a great deal of emphasis on positive thought.
pledge	Bind or secure by a pledge. Japan pledged 100 million in humanitarian aid.
pledged	Promise solemnly and formally.
practice	Carry out or practice as of jobs and professions. Practice non violent resistance.
pull	Cause to move by pulling. He may be their best ever lineman he can run and pull with the best.
put	Put into a certain place or abstract location. He was put in charge of civil defence.
put away	Attribute or give.
sacrifice	Make a sacrifice bid. The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment.
send	Send a message or letter. It s the spectacle and music that send us not the words.
staunch	Stop the flow of a liquid. Staunch the blood flow.
surrender	Give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another. The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in.
sworn	To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.
trust	Confer a trust upon. They don t like to trust their money to anyone outside the family.

Usage Examples of "Commit" as a verb

• She committed each tiny feature to memory.
• Try it out before you commit to a purchase.
• He was committed to prison for contempt of court.
• Once I commit I tend to get scared.
• They were reluctant to commit themselves to an opinion.
• He composed a letter but didn't commit it to paper.
• The magistrate decided to commit him for trial.
• After the second episode, she had to be committed.
• She didn't love him enough to commit herself to him.
• She committed herself to the work of God.
• Commit a random act of kindness.
• He was committed to prison.
• He committed an uncharacteristic error.
• Manufacturers will have to commit substantial funds to developing new engines.
• I commit my soul to God.
• You guys would have had me committed.
• She loved a man who was committed to another woman.
• The treaty commits each party to defend the other.
• We are committed to the fundamental principles of democracy.

Associations of "Commit" (30 Words)

admirer	Someone who admires a young woman. She s got a secret admirer.
adultery	Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse. She was committing adultery with a much younger man.
atone	Make amends for. A human sacrifice to atone for the sin.
atonement	The act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity. He submitted his resignation as an act of atonement.
confession	The religious body or Church sharing a confession of faith. Confessions of a driving instructor.
consign	Send to an address. The package was consigned by a famous sporting goods company.
contrite	Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses. A contrite tone.
devote	Set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use. A full page is devoted to each ski run.
devotee	A strong believer in a particular religion or god. Devotees of Krishna.
expiate	Make amends or reparation for (guilt or wrongdoing. Expiate one s sins.
forgive	Stop blaming or grant forgiveness. I was willing to forgive all her faults for the sake of our friendship.
guilty	Showing a sense of guilt- Eric Linklater. A guilty secret.
indiscretion	The trait of being injudicious. Sexual indiscretions.
matricide	A person who kills their mother. A man suspected of matricide.
misdeed	Improper or wicked or immoral behavior. His past misdeeds were forgiven.
penance	Impose a penance on. He had done public penance for those hasty words.
penitence	Remorse for your past conduct. A public display of penitence.
penitent	Feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant. A penitent expression.
penitential	Showing or constituting penance. Penitential tears.
punish	Impose a penalty on inflict punishment on. Fraudulent acts would be punished by up to two years in prison.
regret	Express with regret. Any inconvenience to readers is regretted.
remorse	Deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed. They were filled with remorse and shame.
remorseful	Filled with remorse; sorry. The defendant was remorseful for what he had done.
repent	Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about. Marian came to repent her hasty judgement.
repentance	Remorse for your past conduct. Each person who turns to God in genuine repentance and faith will be saved.
repentant	Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds. He is truly repentant for his incredible naivety and stupidity.
rue	(French) a street or road in France. To his rue the error cost him the game.
sin	Commit a sin. The human capacity for sin.
sinner	A person who sins (without repenting. God forgives repentant sinners.
votary	A person, such as a monk or nun, who has made vows of dedication to religious service. The cultured votary of science.