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Antonyms for attribute
əˈtrɪb yut; ˈæ trəˌbyutat·tribute

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.8 / 5 votes

  1. attributeverb

    We may attribute to a person either that which belongs to him or that which we merely suppose to be his. We attribute to God infinite power. We may attribute a wrong intent to an innocent person. We may attribute a result, rightly or wrongly, to a certain cause; in such case, however, attribute carries always a concession of uncertainty or possible error. Where we are quite sure, we simply refer a matter to the cause or class to which it belongs or ascribe to one what is surely his, etc. Many diseases formerly attributed to witchcraft are now referred to the action of micro-organisms. We may attribute a matter in silent thought; we ascribe anything openly in speech or writing; King Saul said of the singing women, "They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands." We associate things which may have no necessary or causal relation; as, we may associate the striking of a clock with the serving of dinner, tho the two are not necessarily connected. We charge a person with what we deem blameworthy. We may impute good or evil, but more commonly evil.

    Antonyms:
    deny, disconnect, dissociate, separate, sever, sunder

    Synonyms:
    ascribe, assign, associate, charge, connect, impute, refer

    Preposition:
    It is uncharitable to attribute evil motives to (archaic unto) others.

  2. attributenoun

    A quality (Latin qualis, such) — the "suchness" of anything, according to the German idiom — denotes what a thing really is in some one respect; an attribute is what we conceive a thing to be in some one respect; thus, while attribute may, quality must, express something of the real nature of that to which it is ascribed; we speak of the attributes of God, the qualities of matter. "Originally 'the attributes of God' was preferred, probably, because men assumed no knowledge of the actual qualities of the Deity, but only of those more or less fitly attributed to him." J. A. H. Murray. [Murray's "New English Dictionary"] Holiness is an attribute of God; the attributes of many heathen deities have been only the qualities of wicked men joined to superhuman power. A property (Latin proprius, one's own) is what belongs especially to one thing as its own peculiar possession, in distinction from all other things; when we speak of the qualities or the properties of matter, quality is the more general, property the more limited term. A quality is inherent; a property may be transient; physicists now, however, prefer to term those qualities manifested by all bodies (such as impenetrability, extension, etc.), general properties of matter, while those peculiar to certain substances or to certain states of those substances (as fluidity, malleability, etc.) are termed specific properties; in this wider use of the word property, it becomes strictly synonymous with quality. Compare CHARACTERISTIC; EMBLEM.

    Antonyms:
    being, essence, nature, substance

    Synonyms:
    property, quality

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.5 / 2 votes

  1. attributeverb

    Antonyms:
    divorce, disconnect, dissociate, dissever

    Synonyms:
    refer, assign, associate, apply, ascribe, charge, impute, connect

  2. attributenoun

    Antonyms:
    correlative, viz, essence, nature, substance, etc, or, spuriously, affectation, misnomer, semblance, assumption, mask, veil

    Synonyms:
    property, quality, characteristic, attainment, sign, mark, indication, manifestation

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Princeton's WordNet1.4 / 16 votes

  1. property, attribute, dimensionnoun

    a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

    "self-confidence is not an endearing property"

    Synonyms:
    prop, belongings, property, proportion, holding, dimension, place

  2. attributeverb

    an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

    Synonyms:
    dimension, property

  3. impute, ascribe, assign, attributeverb

    attribute or credit to

    "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

    Synonyms:
    depute, assign, delegate, designate, specify, ascribe, portion, set apart, put, allot, impute, arrogate

  4. assign, attributeverb

    decide as to where something belongs in a scheme

    "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"

    Synonyms:
    depute, portion, assign, delegate, allot, specify, ascribe, designate, set apart, put, impute, arrogate

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. attributenoun

    Synonyms:
    characteristic, peculiarity, predicate, symbol

  2. attributeverb

    Synonyms:
    ascribe, impute, assign, refer, trace

How to use attribute in a sentence?

  1. Mohammadreza Hojat:

    Empathy is a cognitive attribute, not a personality trait, the pressure is really on.

  2. Katharine Graham:

    Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact, power has no sex.

  3. Mahatma Gandhi:

    The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

  4. John Kenneth Galbraith:

    People who are in a fortunate position always attribute virtue to what makes them so happy.

  5. Josh Campbell:

    Based on the FBI’s analysis -- which included forensic analysis of the scene, analysis of the items recovered from the scene, and chemical testing -- there is no conclusive evidence to attribute the explosion on the boat to an IED.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#277being
#1002nature
#1603etc
#2228separate
#4308substance
#4389attribute
#4862divorce
#5519mask
#7150assumption
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#7851deny
#15680disconnect
#17738veil
#19646viz
#32799sever
#47547semblance
#63746misnomer
#76993correlative
#87946affectation
#89658sunder
#93332dissociate
#248967spuriously

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