commit

/kəmˈɪt/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
   “perpetrate a crime”
2. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
   “She committed herself to the work of God”
3. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
   “After the second episode, she had to be committed”
4. confer a trust upon
   “The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret”
5. make an investment
   “Put money into bonds”
6. engage in or perform
   “practice safe sex”

Synonyms for commit

• perpetrate
• pull
• give
• dedicate
• consecrate
• devote
• institutionalize
• institutionalise
• send
• charge
• entrust
• intrust
• trust
• confide
• invest
• put
• place
• practice

Words that rhyme with commit

• hit
• split
• fit
• pit
• bit
• sit
• submit
• remit
• admit
• shit
• spit
• knit
• permit
• slit
• quit
• retrofit
• grit
• kit
• outfit
• transmit
• unfit
• brit
• cockpit
• counterfeit
• emit
• flit
• lit
• tit
• wit
• acquit