1. (noun)dispatch, despatch, communique an official report (usually sent in haste) Synonyms: dispatch, expedition, despatch, shipment, communique, expeditiousness
2. (noun)dispatch, despatch, expedition, expeditiousness the property of being prompt and efficient Synonyms: sashay, excursion, expeditiousness, jaunt, expedition, dispatch, shipment, hostile expedition, outing, junket, communique, military expedition, pleasure trip, despatch
3. (noun)dispatch, despatch killing a person or animal Synonyms: dispatch, expedition, despatch, shipment, communique, expeditiousness
4. (verb)dispatch, despatch, shipment the act of sending off something Synonyms: expeditiousness, consignment, cargo, dispatch, lading, shipment, expedition, load, payload, loading, communique, freight, despatch
5. (verb)dispatch, despatch, send off send away towards a designated goal Synonyms: polish off, off, murder, send off, discharge, despatch, slay, get off, remove, hit, bump off, complete, dispatch, send, project
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'despatch'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. despatch To kill is simply to deprive of life, human, animal, or vegetable, with no suggestion of how or why. Assassinate, execute, murder, apply only to the taking of human life; to murder is to k Synonyms: kill, assassinate, despatch, massacre, put to death, slay, butcher, execute, murder, slaughter