Definition for Devolve:

• To roll down: to fall or pass over.

Synonyms for Devolve:

• n.

  •
  • develop.

• v.

  •delegate (verb)
  • holds responsible for,
  • sending errand,
  • sending on errand,
  • sent errand,
  • re-legates,
  • parceling out,
  • held responsible for,
  • sent on mission,
  • re legates,
  • sends on errand,
  • re-legate,
  • send errand,
  • parcels out,
  • de legate,
  • send mission,
  • sends mission,
  • de legates,
  • sent mission,
  • re legate,
  • parcelled out,
  • holding responsible for,
  • sending mission,
  • sent on errand,
  • sends on mission,
  • de-legate,
  • de-legates,
  • sending on mission,
  • sends errand.
  •deteriorate (verb)
  • fade.
  •possession (verb)
  • devolve.
  •transfer (verb)
  • give to,
  • pass to.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • denationalize,
  • westernize,
  • centralise,
  • regime change,
  • mechanize,
  • internationalize,
  • federate,
  • reindustrialize,
  • reprivatize,
  • reunify,
  • centralize,
  • Reincorporate,
  • decentralize,
  • democratize,
  • nationalize,
  • privatize,
  • industrialize,
  • deindustrialize.
  •
  • reunite,
  • dismantle,
  • retool.
  •
  • reconstruct.
  •
  • open up.
  •delegate
  • hold responsible for,
  • hand over,
  • shunts,
  • send on mission,
  • passes on,
  • parceled out,
  • send on errand,
  • passing on,
  • parcel out,
  • entrusting,
  • shunt,
  • Shunted,
  • parcelling out,
  • passed on,
  • Shunting.

Paraphrases for Devolve:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    redeploy.
  • Verb, base form
    delegate, delegates, entrust, surrender, assign, outsource, trespass, leave, deputize, confide, allocate, vest, relocate, send, redeploy, shift, relinquish.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    decentralize, decentralise.

Antonyms for Devolve:

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    convalesce, recover, recuperate.

• v.

  • deteriorate
    go up, improve, ascend, increase, rise.
  • Other antonyms:
    proceed, advance, meliorate, upgrade, heighten, better, strengthen, intensify, ameliorate, march, develop, enhance, progress, fortify, enrich.

Devolve Sentence Examples:

• That tendency to devolve our duties descends on us, which is the soul of slavery, alike whether for its menial tasks it employs serfs or emperors.

• The next day the young princess executed a formal renunciation of all right of succession to any part of her mother's dominions which might at any time devolve on her; though the number of her brothers and elder sisters rendered any such occurrence in the highest degree improbable, and though one conspicuous precedent in the history of both countries had, within the memory of persons still living, proved the worthlessness of such renunciations.

Homophones for Devolve:

• develop, diplopia, DFLP, double up.

Hypernym for Devolve:

• v.

  • possession
    fall, light.

Hyponym for Devolve:

• v.

  • possession
    change hands, change owners.
  • social
    assign, delegate, designate, depute.