mete out

VERB

administer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apply authorize deliver disburse distribute execute extend give impose perform provide regulate serve

STRONG

apportion bring contribute deal furnish inflict issue offer portion proffer supply tender

WEAK

dole out measure out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fail hoard hold keep maintain refrain retain take withhold

STRONG

deny refuse shun take back withdraw

WEAK

forego frustrate mismanage neglect

VERB

administrate

Synonyms

STRONG

allocate apportion dispense distribute execute

WEAK

dole dole out mete

Antonyms

STRONG

hold keep

VERB

deal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

give participate

STRONG

administer allot apportion assign bestow deliver disburse dispense disperse disseminate divide divvy drop impart inflict measure partake partition render reward share strike

WEAK

come across with dish out dole out fork out fork over hand out

Antonyms

STRONG

attach collect combine conceal gather hold join keep refuse retain take unite withhold

WEAK

deny

VERB

dish out

Synonyms

WEAK

allocate deliver dispense dole out fork over furnish give out hand hand out hand over inflict ladle present produce scoop serve serve up spoon supply transfer turn over

Antonyms

WEAK

take

VERB

dispense

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allocate allot disburse distribute furnish give away hand out

STRONG

apportion assign deal divide give lot measure partition portion prepare prorate share

WEAK

come across with deal out dish out divvy fork out give with hand over shell out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal hide hoard hold keep retain secret

STRONG

attach collect combine disorganize gather join unite withhold

WEAK

receive take

VERB

divvy up

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allocate apportion

WEAK

cut cut up the pie dole out go halves measure out share split

Antonyms

STRONGEST

keep

VERB

dole out

Synonyms

WEAK

administer allot apportion assign deal deal out dispense disperse divide divvy give hand out lot measure mete parcel partition share share out

Antonyms

WEAK

collect gather hoard hold

VERB

inflict

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exact expose levy wreak

STRONG

administer apply command deliver dispense extort force give require strike subject visit

WEAK

bring upon deal out force upon give it to lay down the law stick it to

Antonyms

STRONG

hold keep take withhold

VERB

portion

Synonyms

STRONG

administer allocate allot apportion assign deal dispense distribute parcel part partition piece prorate quota ration section share shift

WEAK

divvy up dole out

Antonyms

STRONG

collect deny gather hold join keep refuse withhold

WEAK

combine

VERB

ration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allot conserve give out restrict

STRONG

allocate apportion assign budget control deal distribute divvy dole issue limit mete parcel proportion prorate quota save share

WEAK

divvy up measure out parcel out

Antonyms

STRONG

hold keep let go

WEAK

collect gather

VERB

sentence

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blame condemn confine convict imprison incarcerate jail penalize punish

STRONG

adjudge adjudicate damn denounce devote doom impound judge ordain proscribe railroad rule settle

WEAK

pass judgment put away put on ice send to prison send up the river take the fall throw the book at

Antonyms

STRONGEST

exonerate free let go liberate pardon praise release reward

STRONG

commend

WEAK

accuse blame charge

VERB

Synonyms

STRONGEST

distribute divide participate receive split

STRONG

accord administer allot apportion assign bestow deal dispense divvy part partake partition prorate quota ration shift slice yield

WEAK

be a party to cut the pie divide with divvy up dole out give and take give out go Dutch go fifty-fifty go halves go in with have a hand in have a portion of parcel out pay half piece up slice up split up take a part of

Antonyms

STRONGEST

collect combine gather hold join keep maintain

STRONG

deny disallow disapprove oppose refuse take unite withhold

WEAK

be selfish

VERB

split

Synonyms

STRONGEST

divide share slice

STRONG

allocate allot apportion distribute divvy dole halve partition

WEAK

carve up divvy up go even-steven go fifty-fifty parcel out slice the pie slice up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

combine hold keep unite

STRONG

withhold

WEAK

join pull together

Example Sentences

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Williams’ Anna absorbs his fury as though it were the penance she herself would mete out for her sins.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Of course, she already knew much about oppression from Miss Asthma, a crone quick to mete out punishments like “one long supperless week” when Annie sticks up for herself.

From Slate • Aug. 17, 2024

They started to mete out desegregation orders with teeth, requiring busing if necessary.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

And yet Himes is able to garner sympathy and adulation for these two men who, within the world of Himes’s Harlem, try their best to mete out justice equally under an inherently unjust system.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

He went so far as to hope that human justice would mete out punishment unflinchingly.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

mete out

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