What are some opposite words for cancel?
Antonyms for cancel
ˈkæn səlcan·cel
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term cancel.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Antonyms:
approve, confirm, enact, enforce, establish, maintain, perpetuate, record, reenact, sustain, uphold, writeSynonyms:
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
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Princeton's WordNet
natural, cancelverb
a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
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naturalcancel, 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"
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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, rubcancel, offset, set offverb
make up for
"His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
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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 outcancel, strike downverb
declare null and void; make ineffective
"Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"
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set off, scrub, drop, scratch, strike down, cut down, invalidate, fell, call off, delete, offsetdelete, cancelverb
remove or make invisible
"Please delete my name from your list"
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set off, edit, invalidate, scrub, strike down, blue-pencil, erase, scratch, call off, delete, offsetcancel, 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
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revoked
How to use cancel in a sentence?
Gov. McCrory moved to Greensboro in 1966 and was very aware of the profound impact the Woolworth sit-ins had on that community and the nation, those students were and are heroes to him because they stood up against the ultimate wrong. And their example drives Gov. McCrory to call-out cancel culture where it exists today, whether in politics, religion, academia, business, or media.
On behalf of the entire President Trump family, we wish everyone a merry Christmas and a very, very happy New Year, president Trump wants everyone to celebrate Christmas and holidays, including you, while Democrats want to cancel Christmas gatherings. Get your President Trump family Christmas card for every contribution of at least $ 35.
I just hope that sooner or later everyone can understand that I'm not trying to shut it down and when I did expose the school district, it wasn't to cancel the senior year, not to go after anyone, it was just to keep us all safe.
The reason Big Tech can censor, silence, de-platform, or cancel conservatives is because they have monopoly power, and they use their monopoly power to shutter small businesses and crush competition. Section 230 reform is not going to pass this Congress. Antitrust reforms can pass if Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan get out of the way.
The pressure on Taylor Swift to cancel her performance was significant. Her fans did not want to see her supporting animal abuse.
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