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Synonyms of charge

25 similar words

Another word for charge is assess. Other synonyms of charge are count, complaint, emblem, criminate and inculpate.

Synonyms and similar words for charge

nounAn official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of.

  • countA distinct and separate charge in an indictment or complaint.

nounAn accusation by a person or organization.

  • complaintIn criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or...

nounAn image displayed on an escutcheon.

  • emblemA picture placed on the field of the escutcheon.

verbTo require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).

  • assessTo impose or charge, especially as punishment for an infraction.

verbTo formally accuse (a person) of a crime.

  • criminateTo accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate.
  • inculpateTo imply the guilt of; to blame or incriminate.
  • indictTo make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand...
  • accuseTo charge with having committed a crime or offence.
  • arraignTo officially charge someone in a court of law.
  • becryTo accuse.
  • tax
  • have up UKTo accuse, arrest, try for a criminal act.
  • incriminate
  • accriminate obsoleteTo accuse of a crime.
  • appeach archaicTo charge (someone) with a crime; to impeach.

verbTo impute or ascribe.

  • attributeTo ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.; to affix.
  • chalk up toTo attribute or account for something; to ascribe.
  • put down toTo ascribe; to assume to be the cause of a situation.
  • accreditTo ascribe; attribute; credit with.
  • ascribe
  • attach figurativelyTo connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
  • imputeTo attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
  • layTo impute; to charge; to allege.
  • draw figuratively, obsoleteTo attribute (something) to a person or thing; to ascribe.
  • repose obsoleteTo regard (something) as being embodied in another thing; to ascribe, to attribute.

Meaning of charge

  1. noun The amount of money levied for a service.
  2. noun An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.
  3. noun A forceful forward movement.

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Questions about synonyms of charge

What is another word for charge?
Charge has 25 synonyms on Word.ws, such as assess, count, complaint, emblem, criminate, inculpate, indict and accuse.
What does charge mean?
Charge means the amount of money levied for a service.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: charge (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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