Antonyms of noun merit_system

1 sense of merit system

Sense 1
merit system -- (the system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability)
       Antonym of spoils system (Sense 1)
      => spoils system -- (the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun merit_system

1 sense of merit system

Sense 1
merit system -- (the system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability)
       => system, system of rules -- (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender")