Synonyms for remove
rɪˈmuvre·move

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1. removenoun

   Antonyms:
   add

2. removenoun

   To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.

   He removed the marbles from the bag.

   Antonyms:
   add

3. removenoun

   To murder someone.

   Antonyms:
   add

4. removenoun

   , To dismiss a batsman.

   Antonyms:
   add

5. removenoun

   To discard, set aside (a thought, feeling etc.).

   Antonyms:
   add

6. removeverb

   To depart, leave.

   Antonyms:
   add

7. removeverb

   Antonyms:
   add

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1. 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.

   Synonyms:
   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

   Antonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

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1. remove

   Synonyms:
   displace, separate, abstract, transport, carry, transfer, eject, oust, dislodge, suppress, migrate, depart

   Antonyms:
   restore, conserve, stabilitate, perpetuate, establish, reinstate, reinstall, instal, fix, fasten, stay, remain, dwell, abide, stand

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1. removeverb

   degree of figurative distance or separation

   "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";

2. 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"

   Synonyms:
   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 off

3. removeverb

   remove from a position or an office

   Synonyms:
   move out, take, slay, transfer, dispatch, get rid of, hit, withdraw, take away, absent, take out, bump off, murder, off, polish off

4. get rid of, removeverb

   dispose of

   "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

   Synonyms:
   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 with

5. take out, move out, removeverb

   cause to leave

   "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

   Synonyms:
   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, omit

6. remove, 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"

   Synonyms:
   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, transmit

7. absent, removeverb

   go away or leave

   "He absented himself"

   Synonyms:
   move out, take, slay, transfer, dispatch, get rid of, hit, withdraw, take away, take out, bump off, murder, off, polish off, absent

8. murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, removeverb

   kill intentionally and with premeditation

   "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

   Synonyms:
   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 off

9. remove, take awayverb

   get rid of something abstract

   "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

   Synonyms:
   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

Matched Categories

1. • Disappear
   • Kill
   • Shift

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1. alleviate

   etymologically, to alleviate is to lift a burden toward oneself, and so lighten it for the bearer; to relieve is to lift it back from the bearer, nearly or quite away; to remove is to take it away altogether. alleviate is thus less than relieve; relieve, ordinarily, less than remove. we alleviate, relieve or remove the trouble; we relieve, not alleviate, the sufferer. assuage is, by derivation, to sweeten; mitigate, to make mild; moderate, to bring within measure; abate, to beat down, and so make less. we abate a fever; lessen anxiety; moderate passions or desires; lighten burdens; mitigate or alleviate pain; reduce inflammation;[34] soften, a ssuage, or moderate grief; we lighten or mitigate punishments; we relieve any suffering of body or mind that admits of help, comfort, or remedy. alleviate has been often confused with allay. compare allay.

   Submitted by santoshk.61727 on June 10, 2023  

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1. removeverb

   Synonyms:
   displace, dislodge, transfer

2. removeverb

   Synonyms:
   withdraw, extract, take out, take away, carry off

3. removeverb

   Synonyms:
   banish, destroy, abate, suppress, put an end to, do away with, make a clean sweep of

4. removeverb

   Synonyms:
   dismiss, eject, oust, put out, turn out

5. removeverb

   Synonyms:
   go, change place

6. removeverb

   Synonyms:
   move, change residence

7. removenoun

   Synonyms:
   REMOVAL, change of place

8. removenoun

   Synonyms:
   interval, distance, separation

9. removenoun

   Synonyms:
   step (in a scale of gradation)

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1. removeverb

   Synonyms:
   move, displace, transfer, dislodge, dismiss, discharge, divest, dispossess, eject, extract, isolate, abstract, withdraw

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1. List of paraphrases for "remove":

   eliminate, delete, disassemble, withdraw, removing, unmount, extract, eliminating, detach, elimination, eradicate, abolish, cut, pull, eject, removes, removed, removal, lift, unscrew, dismount, unbolt, deleting, disconnect, deleted, suppress, revoke, deletion, loosen, eliminates, dispel, abduct, dismantle, kidnap, deletes, uninstall, expel

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How to use remove in a sentence?

1. Shiva Ayyadurai:

   We will not remove the slogan from our bus, we will defend the First Amendment, and we will fight this egregious attack on the First Amendment, at any cost.

2. Corey Gordon:

   What we are trying to do is remove those obstacles that keep these children from going to class.

3. Noelle Hancock:

   Because there are no relief efforts underway to remove rubble, there’s a danger the uprooted trees and house roofs laying in the street now could become projectiles flying around at 150 mph.

4. Libby Schaaf:

   Reports that these were part of exercise equipment do not remove nor excuse their torturous and terrorizing effects, we are all responsible for knowing the history and present day reality of lynchings, hate crimes and racial violence. Objects that invoke such terror will not be tolerated in Oakland's public spaces.

5. Terry Lee:

   The bar at the hotel keeps the dismembered toes in rock salt in order to dry them out. (Downtown Hotel) We then sit them in rock salt for six weeks and they become preserved. We remove the toes from the salt each time we use them and try to rotate them each week.