1. (verb)remove degree of figurative distance or separation
2. (verb)remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract Synonyms: require, absent, read, hit, occupy, subscribe to, withdraw, lead, ingest, take on, carry, deal, assume, pull away, have, hold, engage, study, learn, fill, exact, polish off, choose, bear off, necessitate, recall, consume, call in, drive, hire, retire, consider, need, rent, bear away, off, pick out, crawfish out, disengage, pull back, back out, draw, contract, adopt, seclude, film, remove, demand, pull in one's horns, call back, move out, lease, take aim, take out, take up, train, strike, use up, select, take, get rid of, make, claim, adjourn, transfer, get, get hold of, murder, take away, pack, take back, recede, call for, take in, bring, swallow, submit, convey, sequester, shoot, aim, sequestrate, carry away, direct, charter, crawfish, contain, draw back, draw off, carry off, unsay, subscribe, slay, move back, detract, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, bow out, accept, guide, admit, dispatch, retreat, back away, ask, conduct, bump off
3. (verb)remove remove from a position or an office Synonyms: move out, take, slay, transfer, dispatch, get rid of, hit, withdraw, take away, absent, take out, bump off, murder, off, polish off
4. (verb)get rid of, remove dispose of Synonyms: polish off, bump off, eliminate, take away, withdraw, abolish, dispatch, absent, remove, slay, move out, get rid of, off, murder, extinguish, hit, take, transfer, take out, do away with
6. (verb)remove, transfer shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes Synonyms: reassign, change, bump off, channelize, take away, withdraw, slay, dispatch, absent, channel, polish off, get rid of, remove, move out, transplant, off, transport, murder, shift, transpose, hit, take, channelise, transfer, take out, transmit
7. (verb)absent, remove go away or leave Synonyms: move out, take, slay, transfer, dispatch, get rid of, hit, withdraw, take away, remove, take out, bump off, murder, off, polish off, absent
8. (verb)murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove kill intentionally and with premeditation Synonyms: shoot, dispatch, despatch, complete, wrap up, hit, arrive at, transfer, attain, send off, finish up, reach, eat up, take out, move out, get rid of, strike, score, finish, make, polish off, collide with, gain, mangle, withdraw, tally, off, finish off, absent, run into, stumble, slay, impinge on, clear up, murder, rack up, mutilate, mop up, discharge, come to, take away, take, pip, get through, bump off, remove
9. (verb)remove, take away get rid of something abstract Synonyms: bump off, take away, withdraw, bear off, dispatch, absent, carry away, slay, polish off, get rid of, remove, move out, carry off, off, murder, hit, take, transfer, take out, detract, bear away
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'remove'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. remove Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetr Synonyms: abolish, abate, eradicate, prohibit, stamp out, abrogate, exterminate, remove, subvert, annihilate, extirpate, repeal, supplant, annul, nullify, reverse, suppress, destroy, obliterate, revoke, terminate, end, overthrow, set aside Antonyms: authorize, establish, reinstate, revive, cherish, institute, renew, set up, confirm, introduce, repair, support, continue, legalize, restore, sustain, enact, promote