What are some opposite words for remove?
Antonyms for remove
rɪˈmuvre·move
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term remove.
Wiktionary
removenoun
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addremovenoun
To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
He removed the marbles from the bag.
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addremovenoun
To murder someone.
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addremovenoun
, To dismiss a batsman.
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addremovenoun
To discard, set aside (a thought, feeling etc.).
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addremoveverb
To depart, leave.
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addremoveverb
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add
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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 poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.
Antonyms:
authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustainSynonyms:
abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
removeverb
degree of figurative distance or separation
"just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";
remove, take, take away, withdrawverb
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
"remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
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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, 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 offremoveverb
remove from a position or an office
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move out, take, slay, transfer, dispatch, get rid of, hit, withdraw, take away, absent, take out, bump off, murder, off, polish offget rid of, removeverb
dispose of
"Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
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polish off, bump off, eliminate, take away, withdraw, abolish, dispatch, absent, slay, move out, get rid of, off, murder, extinguish, hit, take, transfer, take out, do away withtake out, move out, removeverb
cause to leave
"The teacher took the children out of the classroom"
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except, ask out, leave out, dispatch, hit, transfer, withdraw, take, get rid of, buy food, unpack, leave off, polish off, pull, get out, take out, off, absent, exclude, draw out, slay, invite out, pull up, murder, pull out, draw, draw off, excerpt, take away, extract, move out, bump off, omitremove, transferverb
shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
"He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"
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reassign, change, bump off, channelize, take away, withdraw, slay, dispatch, absent, channel, polish off, get rid of, move out, transplant, off, transport, murder, shift, transpose, hit, take, channelise, transfer, take out, transmitabsent, removeverb
go away or leave
"He absented himself"
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move out, take, slay, transfer, dispatch, get rid of, hit, withdraw, take away, take out, bump off, murder, off, polish off, absentmurder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, removeverb
kill intentionally and with premeditation
"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
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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 offremove, take awayverb
get rid of something abstract
"The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"
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bump off, take away, withdraw, bear off, dispatch, absent, carry away, slay, polish off, get rid of, move out, carry off, off, murder, hit, take, transfer, take out, detract, bear away
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Editors Contribution
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How to use remove in a sentence?
If one can remove nets before it comes ashore on beaches or on reefs, it's much more effective, once the nets are on the reefs, removal of the net needs to be done carefully so not to damage the reefs.
While we have been removing hundreds of millions of comments for violating our policies, we had been working on an even more effective classifier, that will identify and remove predatory comments.
'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Our best bet is to remove the breeding habitats, it's a lot harder to do than you would think. People don't want to change their habits.
This was the first time I've had a patient play an instrument, we managed to remove over 90 percent of the tumour, including all the areas suspicious of aggressive activity, while retaining full function in her left hand.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#141 | add | |
#148 | support | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1043 | institute | |
#1056 | continue | |
#1651 | remove | |
#1666 | repair | |
#1778 | stand | |
#2406 | promote | |
#2464 | fix | |
#2590 | remain | |
#3085 | establish | |
#3358 | confirm | |
#5050 | introduce | |
#5701 | restore | |
#8383 | renew | |
#10918 | authorize | |
#11256 | sustain | |
#12106 | abide | |
#17449 | dwell | |
#19974 | conserve | |
#22955 | enact | |
#23117 | revive | |
#24917 | reinstall | |
#25495 | cherish | |
#36307 | fasten | |
#37650 | reinstate | |
#38147 | perpetuate | |
#43431 | legalize | |
#63398 | instal |
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