Definition for Ordain:

• To appoint or set apart for some special work; as, to ordain a minister or priest; decree; establish; as, fate ordains our destiny.

Synonyms for Ordain:

• n.

  •
  • acquittal,
  • charge,
  • acquit,
  • award,
  • citation,
  • annul,
  • bar.
  •
  • celebrant,
  • ceremony,
  • contemplation,
  • predetermine,
  • blessing,
  • circumcise,
  • confession,
  • anoint,
  • circumcision,
  • foreordain.
  •
  • frock.
  •
  • lay it on the line,
  • fix,
  • over.

• v.

  •authorize (verb)
  • consent,
  • denominate,
  • sanction,
  • designate,
  • enable,
  • authorize,
  • validate,
  • assent,
  • permit,
  • deputize,
  • notarize,
  • license,
  • countersign,
  • entitle,
  • approve,
  • certify,
  • enfranchise,
  • affirm,
  • warrant,
  • confirm,
  • agree,
  • authenticate.
  •enact (verb)
  • legislate.
  •establish, install (verb)
  • deal with,
  • rule,
  • pronounce,
  • deal,
  • nominate.

• Other synonyms:

  •authorize
  • constitute.
  •command
  • ordinate,
  • give orders,
  • call on,
  • lay down the law,
  • put foot down,
  • call upon,
  • call the signals.
  •delegate
  • swear in.
  •enact
  • railroad,
  • railroad through,
  • put in force,
  • put through,
  • get the floor,
  • make laws.
  •legalize
  • legitimatize.
  •legitimize
  • legitimize.

Antonyms for Ordain:

• v.

  • establish, install
    deny, veto, receive, prevent, ignore, refuse, cancel, retract, void, stop, neglect, keep, conceal, halt, disallow, disorganize.
  • Other antonyms:
    overturn.

Hypernym for Ordain:

• v.

  • communication
    destine, doom, fate, designate, predestine, will.

Hyponym for Ordain:

• v.

  • communication
    decree.
  • social
    vest, enthrone, invest.