Synonyms for revoke
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Rescind
rescind, repeal, cancel, annul, abrogate, abolish, recant, nullify, vacate, reverse, renounce, overrule, quash, overturn, vitiate, lift, countermand, invalidate, override, annihilate, undo, disannul
2. Withdraw — to move (something) back or away
withdraw, take back, abjure formal, draw back, swallow, disavow, disown, unsay
3. Remember — to call back to mind
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To hold back.
- v. 2
To move (something) back or away.
- v. 3
To call back to mind.
- v. 4
To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.
I hereby revoke all former wills.
Related words
- Word family
- revocable revocation
Forms
- Past participle
- revoked
e.g. revoked → rescinded, repealed, canceled, annulled…
Choose the right word
Abjure, discard, forswear, recall, recant, renounce, retract, and revoke, like abandon, imply some previous connection.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- cancel Circumstances forced us to cancel our appointment.
- repeal The Republicans want to repeal Obamacare.
By length
- 4 letters
- lift1, undo2
- 5 letters
- quash1, annul2, unsay
- 6 letters
- cancel2, repeal2, vacate2, disown2, recant2, abjure
- 7 letters
- reverse2, swallow2, abolish3, rescind2, nullify3, repress2, disavow3, vitiate3
- 8 letters
- remember3, withdraw2, override3, restrain2, renounce2, overturn3, overrule3, abrogate3, disannul
- 10 letters
- invalidate4, annihilate4
- 11 letters
- countermand
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (undo2 = 2 syllables).