Definition for Secondment:

• the detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere

Synonyms for Secondment:

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • secondment.
  •backing (noun)
  • assistance,
  • help,
  • advocacy,
  • sponsorship,
  • endorsement,
  • patronage,
  • subsidy,
  • funds,
  • reinforcement,
  • encouragement,
  • aegis,
  • auspices,
  • sanction,
  • Championing,
  • aid,
  • grant,
  • championship,
  • adherence,
  • abetment,
  • accompaniment.
  •communication (noun)
  • second,
  • Indorsement.
  •support (noun)
  • backing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • busywork,
  • chore,
  • cover,
  • calling,
  • desk job,
  • Child Labor,
  • consultancy,
  • dead-end job,
  • baby,
  • day job.

Paraphrases for Secondment:

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    second.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    second.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Seconding, outposting, dispatch, posse, shipment.
  • Verb, past tense
    Belonged.

• Other Related

  • Foreign word
    detachment.
  • Adjective
    Seconded, detachment.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Seconded, detachment, detachments, posting.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    assignment, detachment, loan, placement, despatch, deployment, displacement, consignment, posting, allocation, transfer, affiliation.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    detachment.
  • Verb, base form
    detachment.

Antonyms for Secondment:

• n.

  • backing
    hindrance, disfavor, hurt, obstruction, opposition, stop, injury, blockage.

Homophones for Secondment:

• Saint Matthew, smoothhound, sound unit, secondhand, second wind, second hand, smoothened, synodontidae, scandent, scandentia, sentient, second moment, suntanned, sentiment.

Hyponym for Secondment:

• n.

  • act
    reassignment.
  • communication
    agreement.