Synonyms of extract
5 similar words
Another word for extract is extraction. Other synonyms of extract are extractive principle, origin, outdraw and sunder out.
Synonyms and similar words for extract
nounSomething that is extracted or drawn out.
- extractionSomething extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
nounA peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all...
- extractive principleA peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.
nounAncestry; descent.
verbTo draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
- outdrawTo extract or draw out.
verbTo select parts of a whole.
Meaning of extract
- noun Something that is extracted or drawn out.
- noun A portion of a book, document, recording etc. incorporated distinctly in another work (for written or spoken words, synoymous to a citation; a quotation).
- noun A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue.
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Questions about synonyms of extract
- What is another word for extract?
- Extract has 5 synonyms on Word.ws, such as extraction, extractive principle, origin, outdraw and sunder out.
- What does extract mean?
- Extract means something that is extracted or drawn out.
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