Synonyms for devolve
dɪˈvɒlvde·volve

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1. devolve

   Synonyms:
   impose, place, charge, commission, depute, accrue, attach, befall, fall

   Antonyms:
   deprive, withhold, recall, cancel, alienate, miss, pretermit, pass, lapse, skip

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1. devolveverb

   pass on or delegate to another

   "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"

   Synonyms:
   pass, degenerate, return, drop, deteriorate, fall

2. fall, return, pass, devolveverb

   be inherited by

   "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"

   Synonyms:
   hang, run, perish, elapse, go past, make pass, riposte, top, diminish, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, occur, pass off, recall, snuff it, excrete, reach, go, spend, communicate, slide by, accrue, hand, drop, cash in one's chips, legislate, happen, render, exit, authorise, exceed, return, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, pass on, egest, deliver, transcend, blow over, make it, authorize, pop off, fleet, regress, reelect, lessen, come back, light, flow, retrovert, give, fall out, hap, slip by, strike, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, lapse, fade, descend, give-up the ghost, repay, decrease, rejoin, take place, generate, lead, bring back, expire, overhaul, refund, go through, hark back, revert, retort, come about, degenerate, choke, turn over, turn back, overtake, come down, glide by, extend, fall down, precipitate, die, fall, pass, pass by, shine, clear, decease, conk, travel by, buy the farm, take back, go down, pass along, come, go across, go along, surpass, guide, settle, yield, kick the bucket, deteriorate, give back

3. devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerateverb

   grow worse

   "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

   Synonyms:
   unload, leave out, dribble, send packing, drop off, return, drop down, sink, drip, degenerate, deteriorate, overleap, strike down, throw, cast, fell, cut down, put down, neglect, fall, expend, dismiss, set down, flatten, pass, swing, shake off, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, miss, pretermit, cast off, send away, shed, omit

Matched Categories

1. • Change Hands
   • Delegate
   • Worsen

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1. devolveverb

   Synonyms:
   alienate, transfer, demise, consign, convey, deliver over, make over

2. devolveverb

   Synonyms:
   fall (by succession or by inheritance), pass, be transferred, be handed over

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1. List of paraphrases for "devolve":

   delegate, decentralize, transfer

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1. Dana Goldman:

   These decisions about opening up the economy need to be made and it doesnt make sense to make it at a national level, it should be made at a local level, and the governors should probably rightly devolve it to some of the localities.

2. State John Kerry:

   If we can better identify the 'red flags' of risk around the world, we can better target our diplomacy and development assistance to enable those nations to become more resilient and more secure – and less likely to devolve into full-fledged wars and humanitarian crises.

3. Nancy Pelosi:

   Americans should be deeply concerned by Speaker Ryan’s sanctioning of this irresponsible decision and his complicity in allowing the Committee investigation to devolve into a sad political spectacle.

4. Martinez Fischer:

   The men and women of the Texas House, many of whom are Black and Brown Democrats, are not animals or property to be corralled by law enforcement and cabined against our will. It is morally wrong to believe otherwise. We will not allow our democracy to devolve into dictatorship ; we will use every tool necessary to defend Texas Constitution, angry Republican threats to dispatch troopers to arrest, cuff, shackle, drag in, and cabin duly-elected lawmakers isn't just meant to chill our speech and impair our ability to represent our districts, it has left our families, friends, and neighbors anxious for our wellbeing and safety.

5. Charlie Baker:

   We want to focus on recovery, not on the grudge matches political campaigns can devolve into.