1. (verb)erase, wipe out remove from memory or existence Synonyms: deplete, eat, annihilate, cancel out, wipe out, rub out, erase, score out, decimate, kill, eat up, carry off, delete, sweep away, exhaust, extinguish, consume, run through, obliterate, efface, wipe off, eliminate, use up, eradicate Antonyms: record, tape
2. (verb)erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing Synonyms: efface, rub out, score out, obliterate, wipe off, wipe out, erase, wipe away, delete Antonyms: tape, record
3. (verb)erase, delete wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information Synonyms: efface, edit, rub out, score out, wipe off, cancel, blue-pencil, wipe out, erase, delete Antonyms: tape, record
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'erase'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. erase 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- Synonyms: cancel, abolish, discharge, nullify, rescind, abrogate, efface, obliterate, revoke, annul, erase, quash, rub off _or_ out, blot out, expunge, remove, scratch out, cross off _or_ out, make void, repeal, vacate Antonyms: approve, enact, establish, perpetuate, reenact, uphold, confirm, enforce, maintain, record, sustain, write