Antonyms for eliminate
ɪˈlɪm əˌneɪtelim·i·nate

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1. eliminateverb

   The central idea of withdrawing makes abstract in common speech a euphemism for appropriate (unlawfully), purloin, steal. In mental processes we discriminate between objects by distinguishing their differences; we separate some one element from all that does not necessarily belong to it, abstract it, and view it alone. We may separate two ideas, and hold both in mind in comparison or contrast; but when we abstract one of them, we drop the other out of thought. The mind is abstracted when it is withdrawn from all other subjects and concentrated upon one, diverted when it is drawn away from what it would or should attend to by some other interest, distracted when the attention is divided among different subjects, so that it can not be given properly to any. The trouble with the distracted person is that he is not abstracted. Compare DISCERN.

   Antonyms:
   add, combine, complete, conjoin, fill up, increase, restore, strengthen, unite

   Synonyms:
   abstract, appropriate, detach, discriminate, distinguish, distract, divert, purloin, remove, separate, steal, take away, withdraw

   Preposition:
   The purse may be abstracted from the pocket; the substance from the accidents; a book into a compend.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. eliminate

   Antonyms:
   mystify, obscure, involve, smuggle, foist, import, confound

   Synonyms:
   cast out, exclude, eject, reject, elucidate, explain, enucleate, segregate

Matched Categories

1. • Beat
   • Discharge
   • Kill
   • Math
   • Remove

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away withverb

   terminate, end, or take out

   "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"

   Synonyms:
   stub out, press out, blow out, rule out, wipe out, abolish, remove, decimate, obviate, winnow out, carry off, egest, crush out, annihilate, extinguish, pass, reject, snuff out, excrete, rid of, get rid of, quench, do away with, eradicate

2. obviate, rid of, eliminateverb

   do away with

   Synonyms:
   forfend, decimate, rule out, avert, excrete, ward off, wipe out, obviate, annihilate, head off, get rid of, winnow out, fend off, stave off, debar, avoid, extinguish, pass, reject, forefend, rid of, carry off, deflect, egest, do away with, eradicate

3. eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry offverb

   kill in large numbers

   "the plague wiped out an entire population"

   Synonyms:
   obviate, bear off, eat up, crush out, pull off, rule out, exhaust, annihilate, reject, negociate, take away, get rid of, manage, bear away, use up, rid of, bring off, extirpate, decimate, exterminate, press out, kill, eat, obliterate, run through, quench, cancel out, snuff out, pass, wipe out, carry away, do away with, stub out, uproot, blow out, winnow out, excrete, root out, erase, extinguish, sweep away, carry off, consume, egest, deplete, eradicate

4. rule out, eliminate, winnow out, rejectverb

   dismiss from consideration or a contest

   "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"

   Synonyms:
   freeze off, reject, rule out, excrete, wipe out, decline, scorn, obviate, decimate, get rid of, winnow out, carry off, egest, spurn, pass up, rule in, annihilate, extinguish, pooh-pooh, turn away, disapprove, disdain, rid of, pass, close out, refuse, do away with, resist, turn down, preclude, eradicate

5. excrete, egest, eliminate, passverb

   eliminate from the body

   "Pass a kidney stone"

   Synonyms:
   perish, elapse, run, make pass, go past, top, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, occur, die, snuff it, do away with, rid of, eradicate, go, spend, slide by, wipe out, fade, hand, legislate, happen, egest, exit, authorise, annihilate, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, transcend, make it, authorize, pop off, sink, rule out, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, extinguish, give, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, winnow out, decimate, croak, lapse, get rid of, pass off, give-up the ghost, return, blow over, take place, lead, expire, overhaul, go through, reach, communicate, come about, choke, turn over, overtake, glide by, obviate, extend, travel by, carry off, fall, pass, pass by, clear, decease, conk, excrete, buy the farm, pass along, go across, go along, surpass, guide, reject, exceed, pass on

6. eliminateverb

   remove from a contest or race

   "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"

   Synonyms:
   pass, rid of, annihilate, carry off, get rid of, egest, winnow out, obviate, rule out, decimate, wipe out, excrete, extinguish, eradicate, do away with, reject

7. eliminateverb

   remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

   Synonyms:
   pass, rid of, annihilate, carry off, get rid of, egest, winnow out, obviate, rule out, decimate, wipe out, excrete, extinguish, eradicate, do away with, reject

How to use eliminate in a sentence?

1. Austrias Chancellor Sebastian Kurz:

   Our aim has to be to step-by-step eliminate the disease, let's all pull together for one more week.

2. Ira Mehlman:

   It's just one additional step that the California legislature is trying to take to eliminate any legal distinction between illegal aliens and legal residents of California.

3. John Draper:

   Establishing a service of such critical importance requires care and consideration, our primary concern is ensuring we develop a pilot that will eliminate barriers and provide affirming support to LGBTQIA + populations.

4. Mark Rodrigues:

   There's linkage between cash and FX swaps and futures, but it's very imprecise right now, if we have data standards and distributed ledgers, you could eliminate a tremendous amount of capital reserves and risk capital that get used up in this process right now.

5. Robert Ridland:

   When dealing with the second half of the second round of the Nations Cup, it’s always complicated, this new format will eliminate the confusion as far as scoring goes. The lowest number will win, similar to golf. It conforms to other sports.

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