commissioned
adjective
com·mis·sioned kə-ˈmi-shənd 
1
a
of an artistic or literary work : ordered to be made in exchange for payment
a commissioned portrait
The Ohio Ballet's recent … commissioned works by modernists Laura Dean and the frenetic Molissa Fenley …
David McCracken
David McCracken… the commissioned piece that highlighted his Lincoln Center concert … Larry Blumenfeld
Larry Blumenfeld b
: having received a commission (see commission entry 1 sense 2b) to create an artistic or literary work
a commissioned artist
2
: receiving a commission (see commission entry 1 sense 6) as a fee
a commissioned salesperson
3
of a ship : ready for active service : in commission
But few of the Bostonians depicted here on Constitution Wharf at Boston Harbor would have predicted that the old ship would … remain a commissioned Navy ship for so many years to come. Tyrone Martin
Tyrone Martin4
: having or involving a commission (see commission entry 1 sense 1) conferring rank, authority, or power
a commissioned notary public
Of these [Irish] volunteers [in the British armed forces] I estimate that approximately 8,000 served in the commissioned ranks. Steven O'Connor
see also commissioned officer Steven O'Connor
Word History
First Known Use
1612, in the meaning defined at sense 4
Phrases Containing commissioned
commissioned
verb
1
as in appointed
to appoint as one's representative plans to commission a deputy to investigate the matter Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- appointed
- delegated
- deputed
- assigned
- deputized
- nominated
- designated
- named
- charged
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- abrogated
- abdicated
2
as in enabled
to give official or legal power to was commissioned lieutenant Synonyms & Similar Words
- enabled
- authorized
- empowered
- qualified
- licensed
- certified
- chartered
- entitled
- invested
- accredited
- approved
- vested
- permitted
- allowed
- warranted
- licenced
- endorsed
- sanctioned
- installed
- confirmed
- initiated
- affirmed
- validated
- inducted
- inaugurated
- okayed
- credentialed
- let
- instated
- credentialled
- indorsed
- privileged
- cleared
- swore in
- enfranchised
- OK'd
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- disqualified
- stopped
- denied
- excluded
- prevented
- constrained
- held back
- hindered
- banned
- blocked
- discouraged
- inhibited
- obstructed
- vetoed
- impeded
- disallowed
- enjoined
- prohibited
- barred
- forbade
- disbarred
- proscribed
- outlawed
- shut out
- disenfranchised
- disfranchised
- interdicted
- forbad
3
as in entrusted
to give a task, duty, or responsibility to was commissioned to do the biography Synonyms & Similar Words
- entrusted
- tasked
- assigned
- charged
- trusted
- intrusted
- delegated
- authorized
- conferred
- imposed
- recommended
- committed
- empowered
- allocated
- allotted
- confided
- consigned
- relegated
- reposed
- invested
4
as in nominated
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty commissioned him to head the office of veterans affairs Synonyms & Similar Words
- appointed
- nominated
- constituted
- assigned
- named
- designated
- attached
- authorized
- placed
- detailed
- created
- inducted
- delegated
- elected
- chose
- installed
- selected
- instituted
- inaugurated
- ordained
- deputed
- deputized
- drafted
- consecrated
- anointed
- crowned
- instated
- made
- destined
- invested
- enthroned
- handpicked
- throned
- singled (out)
- voted (in)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dismissed
- fired
- discharged
- expelled
- removed
- deposed
- dethroned
- threw out
- ejected
- ousted
- evicted
- unseated
- displaced
- overthrew
- unmade
- blackballed
- uncrowned
- make someone's day
- make someone's flesh crawl
- make someone's flesh crawl/creep
- make someone's flesh creep
- make someone's gorge rise
- congested
- congesting
- congestion
- congestions
- congestive
- congestive heart failure
- congests
- congi
- congiaries
- congiary
- congii
- Congiopodidae
- conglaciate
- conglobate
- conglobated
- conglobates
- conglobating
- conglobation
- conglobations
- conglobe