Synonyms of cut out

cut out 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to die

to stop functioning

the engine abruptly cut out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• die
• fail
• crash
• stall
• break down
• give out
• break
• conk (out)
• act up
• sputter
• jam
• fizzle
• wheeze
• malfunction

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• start (up)

2

as in to stop

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end

now cut that out, or I'm turning this car around!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stop
• cease
• halt
• end
• cut off
• quit
• shut off
• lay off
• break off
• pack (up or in)
• leave off
• delay
• have done with
• desist (from)
• break up
• give over
• suspend
• drop
• discontinue
• knock off
• can
• conclude
• finish
• break
• put the kibosh on
• close (down)
• check
• complete
• hold back
• clamp down
• block
• turn back
• rein (in)
• pause
• ruin
• hinder
• stem
• impede
• deactivate
• stay
• dam
• hold
• suppress
• obstruct
• abort
• brake
• detain
• blockade
• destroy
• stamp
• arrest
• stunt
• scuttle
• abolish
• dissolve
• kill
• squash
• call
• squelch
• stanch
• demolish
• annul
• snuff
• kibosh

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continue
• carry on
• run on
• keep up
• proceed
• advance
• progress
• follow through (with)
• drive
• stir
• propel
• actuate
• impel

3

as in to depart

to leave a place often for another

after a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depart
• exit
• move
• get
• go
• get off
• peel off
• run along
• walk out
• pull out
• bail out
• go off
• clear out
• dig out
• push off
• pike (out or off)
• push on
• clear off
• sally (forth)
• start
• escape
• evacuate
• step (along)
• take off
• beat it
• part
• flee
• bugger off
• quit
• bug out
• bug off
• bail
• take a powder
• pack (up or off)
• shove (off)
• buzz (off)
• set out
• fly
• take a hike
• hit the road
• book
• strike out
• pull stakes
• withdraw
• begone
• retire
• get out
• run away
• retreat
• step out
• scarper
• skip
• go out
• emigrate
• vamoose
• light out
• abandon
• remove
• desert
• abscond
• vacate
• forsake
• adjourn
• scat
• scram
• decamp
• mizzle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• come
• show up
• arrive
• remain
• stay
• turn up
• settle
• dwell
• abide
• close
• approach
• reach
• hit
• lodge
• land
• near
• tarry

4

as in to replace

to take the place of

this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• replace
• supersede
• displant
• supplant
• relieve
• substitute
• displace
• preempt
• usurp

cut out

2 of 2

adjective

as in capable

Related Words

• capable
• able
• competent
• qualified
• trained
• needed
• requisite
• required
• adequate
• justified
• appropriate
• satisfactory
• acceptable
• just
• suitable
• fitting
• proper
• meet
• pretty
• deserved
• decent
• applicable
• becoming
• correct
• tolerable
• kosher
• right
• serviceable
• fit
• happy
• pitch-perfect
• fitted
• condign
• apt
• felicitous
• balanced
• good
• befitting
• respectable
• harmonious
• decorous
• consonant
• rightful
• seemly
• companionate
• congruous

Dissimilar Words

• improper
• wrong
• inappropriate
• unhappy
• unfit
• unsuitable
• inapplicable
• incapable
• indecent
• unseemly
• incongruous
• unbecoming
• incompetent
• unfitting
• inadequate
• inapt
• unskilled
• unbeseeming
• inapposite
• unsatisfactory
• unqualified
• unacceptable
• misbecoming
• untrained
• intolerable
• inept
• infelicitous
• unapt
• unskillful
• unmeet
• inexpert
• incorrect
• malapropos
• incompatible
• indecorous
• uncongenial
• graceless

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cut out

Verb

Surgery a few days later cut out 90% of the tumor, but brain cancers are almost impossible to remove entirely, because of the delicacy of the tissue they're embedded in, Schulte said. — Arthur Allen, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Simply cut out a page or spread that speaks to you and place it in a frame for affordable and unique wall art. — Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 20 Sep. 2026

Sell a $100 ticket to a broker, who would then sell it for $200; or cut out the broker, sell the ticket for $200, and pocket the $100 difference. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

His neurologist decided the best way to put an end to this would be to cut out the defective part of his brain. — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026