Synonyms for eliminate
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Remove — to completely remove, get rid of, put an end to
remove, eradicate, exclude, annihilate, exterminate, expel, wipe out, extinguish, abolish, get rid of, obliterate, kill, suppress, erase, decimate, discard, do away with informal, extirpate, carry off, uproot, liquidate informal, abrogate
Other
neutralize, neutralise UK, obviate, winnow, enucleate
Definitions
- v. 1
To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- v. 2
To excrete (waste products).
- v. 3
To render (a facility) unusable, to destroy it; to disable (a soldier), make them unable to fight (typically but not necessarily by killing)
- v. 4
To kill (a person or animal).
a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies
Related words
- Word family
- elimination
Forms
- Past participle
- eliminated
e.g. eliminated → removed, eradicated, excluded, annihilated…
Example sentences
- remove Please remove that chair because it is in the way.
- exclude Fill the bottle to the top so as to exclude all air.
- eradicate We must eradicate the drug traffic, root and branch.
- annihilate We shall annihilate anyone who stands in our way!
- neutralize Flavio can try using antibiotics to neutralize the bacteria.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| eliminate | falling | |
| remove | steady | |
| exclude | steady | |
| eradicate | steady | |
| annihilate | rising | |
| neutralize | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- kill1, pass1, void1
- 5 letters
- erase2, expel2, egest
- 6 letters
- remove2, reject2, uproot2, winnow2
- 7 letters
- exclude2, abolish3, discard2, excrete2, obviate3
- 8 letters
- suppress2, decimate3, defecate, abrogate3
- 9 letters
- eradicate4, liquidate3, extirpate3, enucleate
- 10 letters
- neutralize3, extinguish3, annihilate4, obliterate4, neutralise
- 11 letters
- exterminate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (erase2 = 2 syllables).