Synonyms 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 The mind is abstracted when it is withdrawn from all other subjects and concentrated upon one, diverted when it is drawn away from what it would or should attend to by some other interest, distracted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.

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

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

   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

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

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

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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

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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. eliminateverb

   Synonyms:
   exclude, expel, reject, thrust out, drive out, get clear of

2. eliminateverb

   Synonyms:
   extricate, release, set free

3. eliminateverb

   Synonyms:
   (Algebra.) disengage, separate

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1. List of paraphrases for "eliminate":

   eradicate, delete, remove, eliminating, elimination, eradication, removing, eradicating, abolish, dispose, eliminated, eliminates, deleting, suppress, removal, deleted, overcome, dispel, removes, deletes, disposal, rid, phase-out, address

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1. Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu:

   A basket of tomatoes sells for $60 when they are in the best condition, farmers lose 50% due to lack of storage - $30 a basket. For 50 cents they can eliminate the loss completely.

2. Alex Kozlov:

   There’s a lot of talk about technology taking over the drudgery work and allowing people to focus on more creative, more value-added work, but there’s also the potential to replace a lot of human functions, what’s happening isn’t that you eliminate a 50-person department.

3. Mark Kelly:

   Senator Kelly is proud to be the only member of Congress to put his assets into Blind Trusts,reject Corporate PAC money,post his Senate schedule online, and introduce legislation to make this the new standard in the Senate, his commitment to transparency stands in stark contrast to Blake Masters who accepts corporate PAC money and has no plans to eliminate conflicts of interest from the many Big Tech investments he still holds with his former boss Peter Thiel.

4. Patrick Shanahan:

   Patrick Shanahan has at all times remained committed to upholding Patrick Shanahan ethics agreement filed with the DoD. This agreement ensures any matters pertaining to Boeing are handled by appropriate officials within the Pentagon to eliminate any perceived or actual conflict of interest issue with Boeing.

5. Ron Johnson:

   In response to a bipartisan effort to give federal workers another day of paid leave by designating Juneteenth a federal holiday, we have offered a counterproposal that does not put us further in debt, we support celebrating emancipation with a federal holiday, but believe we should eliminate a current holiday in exchange. We chose Columbus Day as a holiday that is lightly celebrated, and least disruptive to Americans’ schedules.