Synonyms for rid
rɪdrid

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. rid, free, disembarrassverb

   relieve from

   "Rid the house of pests"

   Synonyms:
   justify, unloose, relieve, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, liberate, free, discharge, release, give up, loose, disembarrass, resign, relinquish, disengage, exempt, absolve, dislodge

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. ridverb

   Synonyms:
   free, clear, deliver, disencumber, relieve, set free

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1. ridadjective

   Synonyms:
   free, clear, disencumbered

2. ridverb

   Synonyms:
   free, disburden, relieve, disencumber, dispose, dispatch

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "rid":

   smep, smeps, din, liberate, dir, dwan, eliminate, extricate, dispose

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1. Seneca:

   Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.

2. Seth Dillon:

   Let them ban you, they might actually ease up on these things if they realize how many people they had to ban to [get] rid of objective truth.

3. Joseph Yun:

   He's not going to admit that there has been no progress towards getting rid of North Korean weapons. We must remember the electoral cycle is now with us in the United States.

4. Betsy Brantner-Smith:

   It's time to take the politics out of policing and out of crime response and crime prevention, remember, we got rid of this, the gun unit that the mayor is bringing back. That was eliminated for purely political reasons. Politics has no business being involved when we're talking about people's safety.

5. Hassan Rouhani:

   Our economy will not prosper as long as it is monopolised (by the government). The economy must be rid of monopoly and see competition, it must be freed of insider speculation, be transparent, all people must be aware of the statistics. If we can bring transparency to our economy, we can fight corruption.