Synonyms of cancel
112 similar words · 6 opposite words
Another word for cancel is void. Other synonyms of cancel are repeal, revoke, undo, nullify and remit. The opposite of cancel is continue.
Synonyms and similar words for cancel
verbTo invalidate or annul something.
verbTo kill.
- annihilate
- bag
- baptize
- bereave of life
- blight
- bring down
- bump off
- bury
- cack US, slang
- compromised to a permanent end
- croak
- crush
- dash
- deactivate
- dead
- demolish
- destroy
- dispatch
- dispose of
- do slang
- do in
- dust
- eliminate
- end
- eradicate
- ex
- exterminate
- finish
- finish off
- flatten
- grease
- knock off
- lay waste to
- make away with
- mercTo kill.
- neutralize
- obliterateTo cancel (a postage stamp) with a postmark so it cannot be reused.
- off
- pay off
- pick off
- polish off
- pop off
- punch someone's ticket
- put an end toTo terminate or abolish.
- put down
- put someone out of their misery
- put six feet under
- put to sleep
- ravage
- rub out
- ruin
- scotch
- scupperTo thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.
- scuttle
- send to eternity
- send to hell
- send to the grave
- send to the great beyond
- send to the next life
- slay
- slaughter
- slime outTo kill.
- smash
- smite
- snuff
- squash
- stiff
- stop someone's clock
- take
- terminate
- terminate with extreme prejudiceTo murder; to assassinate.
- top off UK, slang
- top UK, slang
- torpedo
- take care of
- take down
- take out
- waste
- wax
- wet
- whack
- wipe out
- wreck
- mortify obsolete
- shut up dated
verbTo cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite....
- blacklistTo place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.
- deplatformTo prevent someone from using a platform to express their opinion.
- black UKTo boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
- blackballTo ostracize.
- boycottTo abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an...
verbMore synonyms
- abrogateTo put an end to; to do away with.
- annulTo cancel out.
- cease
- cross out
- desistTo cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).
- forbid
- invalidate
- kill
- nullifyTo make legally invalid.
- repealTo cancel, invalidate, annul.
- repress
- revokeTo cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.
- stop
- strike out
- suppress
- veto
- vitiateTo make something ineffective, to invalidate.
- voidTo make invalid or worthless.
- queer dated
Opposite of cancel
Meaning of cancel
- verb To cross out something with lines etc.
- verb To invalidate or annul something.
- verb To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it cannot be reused.
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