Synonyms for removal
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Moving to another place
2. Deposition
deposition, elimination, expulsion, dismissal, ousting, discharge, displacement, ejection
Other
extraction, withdrawal, deduction, departure, extrication, transference, subtraction, abstraction, subduction, ablation dated, sublation rare, remotion rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
- n. 2
The relocation of a business etc.
Related words
- Word family
- removalist
- Phrases
- removal van buccal fat removal
Forms
- Plural
- removals → relocations, moves, movements, depositions…
Example sentences
- relocation The couple's relationship slowly began to drift apart after the relocation.
- elimination Edmundo ordered the immediate elimination of Rima.
- deposition Does the landlord want a deposition?
- withdrawal Have you experienced withdrawal symptoms in the past?
- extraction They told us a story about biogas extraction today.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| removal | falling | |
| relocation | falling | |
| elimination | falling | |
| deposition | steady | |
| withdrawal | falling | |
| extraction | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- move1
- 7 letters
- ousting2
- 8 letters
- movement2, ejection3, ablation3, remotion
- 9 letters
- departure3, discharge2, dismissal3, deduction3, expulsion3, sublation
- 10 letters
- withdrawal3, extraction3, relocation4, deposition4, subduction
- 11 letters
- elimination5, abstraction3, subtraction3, extrication4
- 12 letters
- displacement3, transference3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ousting2 = 2 syllables).