Synonyms for cancel
ˈkæn səlcan·cel

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 4 votes

1. cancel

   Cancel, efface, erase, expunge, and obliterate have as their first meaning the removal of written characters or other forms of record. To cancel is, literally, to make a lattice by cross-lines, exactly our English cross out; to efface is to rub off, smooth away the face, as of an inscription; to erase is to scratch out, commonly for the purpose of writing something else in the same space; to expunge, is to punch out with some sharp instrument, so as to show that the words are no longer part of the writing; to obliterate is to cover over or remove, as a letter, as was done by reversing the Roman stylus, and rubbing out with the rounded end what had been written with the point on the waxen tablet. What has been canceled, erased, expunged, may perhaps still be traced; what is obliterated is gone forever, as if it had never been. In many establishments, when a debt is discharged by payment, the record is canceled. The figurative use of the words keeps close to the primary sense. Compare ABOLISH.

   Synonyms:
   abolish, abrogate, annul, blot out, cross off, cross out, discharge, efface, erase, expunge, make void, nullify, obliterate, quash, remove, repeal, rescind, revoke, rub off, rub out, scratch out, vacate

   Antonyms:
   approve, confirm, enact, enforce, establish, maintain, perpetuate, record, reenact, sustain, uphold, write

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. cancel

   Synonyms:
   efface, blot out, annul, expunge, nullify, quash, rescind, repeal, revoke, abrogate, obliterate, discharge, erase, abolish, countervail

   Antonyms:
   enforce, enact, re-enact, confirm, perpetuate, contract

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. natural, cancelverb

   a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

   Synonyms:
   natural

2. cancel, call off, scratch, scrubverb

   postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

   "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"

   Synonyms:
   itch, call off, scrape up, expunge, fret, strike down, strike, scour, chafe, come up, invalidate, grave, delete, excise, scratch, inscribe, call, engrave, scrub, scrape, fray, offset, scrub up, set off, scratch up, rub

3. cancel, offset, set offverb

   make up for

   "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"

   Synonyms:
   call off, spark, bring out, set forth, blow up, actuate, strike down, take off, trigger off, spark off, trip, stir up, invalidate, detonate, delete, start, countervail, scratch, touch off, trigger, set out, depart, scrub, instigate, activate, explode, offset, part, incite, set off, start out

4. cancel, strike downverb

   declare null and void; make ineffective

   "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"

   Synonyms:
   set off, scrub, drop, scratch, strike down, cut down, invalidate, fell, call off, delete, offset

5. delete, cancelverb

   remove or make invisible

   "Please delete my name from your list"

   Synonyms:
   set off, edit, invalidate, scrub, strike down, blue-pencil, erase, scratch, call off, delete, offset

6. cancel, invalidateverb

   make invalid for use

   "cancel cheques or tickets"

   Synonyms:
   set off, void, nullify, vitiate, scrub, annul, avoid, scratch, strike down, quash, invalidate, call off, delete, offset

Matched Categories

1. • Balance
   • Mark
   • Remove

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cancelverb

   Synonyms:
   obliterate, efface, erase, expunge, blot, blot out, rub out, scratch out, wipe out

2. cancelverb

   Synonyms:
   abrogate, annul, repeal, rescind, revoke, abolish, nullify, quash, set aside, make void

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cancelverb

   Synonyms:
   annul, abrogate, rescind, nullify, quash, abolish, countermand

   Antonyms:
   confirm, approve, corroborate, enforce, reënact, maintain

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1. List of paraphrases for "cancel":

   annul, cancellation, rescind, abort, cancelling, canceling, cancels, cancelled, revoke, nullify, quash, terminate, annulment, overturn, abolish, repeal, invalidate, abolition, waive, annuls, cancei, canceled, override, negate, reverse, countermand, overrule, undo, rescission, write-off, delete, abrogate, unassign

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How to use cancel in a sentence?

1. Matthieu Lamarre:

   We met with the police to reassess whether we needed to cancel some of our summer events, but we made the decision not to, after what happened in Nice, we are in the process of setting up devices aimed at blocking vehicles entering the site with barriers, other vehicles standing in the way and blocks of concrete.

2. Sergio Gor:

   She's doing well, and will be retested to ensure the diagnosis is correct since she's asymptomatic, but as a precaution will cancel all upcoming events, donald Trump Jr. was tested negative, but as a precaution is also self-isolating and is canceling all public events.

3. Art Caplan:

   I think trying to turn Wen into a target to cancel is ridiculous, i consider public health response to Covid to be a mess, and I think part of the reason Wen has become a lightning rod is, she's kind of being put out there as an example by people in public health who are disappointed or frustrated of that failure.

4. Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu:

   We have been in that program, including some joint production, production of the parts of F-35s in Turkey, turkey has been paying the installments on time, on due time. And Turkey have met all the requirements, but Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu can not cancel this because of the S-400s that we are buying. It is a totally different issue.

5. Ed Grose:

   We live and die by our convention center, when our conventions started to cancel during the pandemic, it was not only a short-term problem, but also a long-term problem because we don't know when some of those conventions are going to rotate back to Philadelphia.