dispense

/dɪspˈɛns/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. administer or bestow, as in small portions
   “administer critical remarks to everyone present”
2. grant a dispensation; grant an exemption
   “I was dispensed from this terrible task”
3. give or apply (medications)

Synonyms for dispense

• distribute
• administer
• mete out
• deal
• parcel out
• lot
• shell out
• deal out
• dish out
• allot
• dole out

Words that rhyme with dispense

• defense
• defence
• sense
• tense
• condense
• fence
• offense
• pretense
• dense
• expense
• incense
• recompense
• commence
• hence
• intense
• suspense
• thence
• commonsense
• frankincense
• immense
• whence
• antisense
• bence
• ferenc
• hense
• nondefense
• nunsense
• pence
• pense
• spence