Synonyms and Antonyms of cancel
1
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
- please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it
abandon, abort, call, call off, cry off, drop, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, scrap, scrub
abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, void, write off
recant, retract, take back, withdraw
countermand, reverse, roll back
break off, discontinue, end, halt, stop, terminate
hold back, interrupt, suspend
give up, relinquish, surrender
2
to put an end to by formal action
- the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice
abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, disannul, dissolve, invalidate, negate, null, nullify, quash, repeal, rescind, roll back, strike down, vacate, void
countermand, override, overrule, overturn, veto
abort, call, call off, drop, recall, retract, reverse, revoke, suspend, withdraw
ban, enjoin, forbid, outlaw, prohibit
disallow, dismiss, reject
annihilate, break down, eliminate, eradicate, erase, liquidate, remove, throw out, write off
enact, lay down, legislate
establish, found, institute
formalize, legalize, legitimate, legitimize, validate
pass, ratify
allow, approve, authorize, clear, endorse (also indorse), permit, sanction, warrant
command, decree, mandate, order, prescribe
3
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
- canceled the check and wrote a new one
blue-pencil, cross (out), dele, delete, edit (out), elide, kill, scratch (out), strike (out), stroke (out), x (out)
blot out, efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, obliterate, root (out), rub out, wipe out
bleep, blip, clip, cut, excise, remove
bowdlerize, censor, clean (up), expurgate, launder, redact, red-pencil
abbreviate, crop, shorten
black out, repress, silence, suppress
4
to destroy all traces of
- it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order
abolish, annihilate, black out, blot out, clean (up), efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate, root (out), rub out, snuff (out), stamp (out), sweep (away), wipe out
decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, ravage
dismantle, flatten, mow (down), raze, tear down
ruin, total, waste, wreck
blast, blow up, dash, dynamite, smash
atomize, consume, devour, dissolve, fragment, powder, pulverize, shatter, splinter
doom, finish, kill, kill off, terminate, zap
cancel, cut, discard, ditch, eject, excise, expel, jettison, oust, throw out
conserve, preserve, protect, save
build, construct, create, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, shape
fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renew, renovate, repair, restore, revamp
