Synonyms of canceling

canceling

verb

variants or cancelling

present participle of cancel

1

as in abandoning

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abandoning
• revoking
• aborting
• scrapping
• repealing
• withdrawing
• rescinding
• suspending
• terminating
• recalling
• reversing
• dropping
• halting
• interrupting
• ending
• calling
• scrubbing
• discontinuing
• retracting
• calling off
• nullifying
• annulling
• invalidating
• stopping
• abrogating
• voiding
• crying off
• relinquishing
• writing off
• taking back
• rolling back
• recanting
• countermanding
• breaking off
• holding back
• surrendering
• giving up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuing
• keeping
• engaging
• beginning
• starting
• initiating
• promising
• commencing
• pledging
• undertaking
• taking up
• taking on

2

as in abolishing

to put an end to by formal action

the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abolishing
• repealing
• avoiding
• overturning
• voiding
• rescinding
• vacating
• invalidating
• nullifying
• annulling
• revoking
• suspending
• withdrawing
• dismissing
• abrogating
• negating
• dissolving
• quashing
• reversing
• rejecting
• rolling back
• nulling
• vetoing
• striking down
• retracting
• removing
• setting aside
• eliminating
• abating
• doing away with
• prohibiting
• disannulling
• overruling
• forbidding
• banning
• overriding
• recalling
• aborting
• outlawing
• erasing
• enjoining
• calling
• disallowing
• countermanding
• dropping
• eradicating
• liquidating
• annihilating
• calling off
• writing off
• throwing out
• breaking down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enacting
• establishing
• instituting
• founding
• laying down
• passing
• validating
• authorizing
• approving
• permitting
• ratifying
• legislating
• allowing
• endorsing
• ordering
• clearing
• legitimizing
• legalizing
• prescribing
• warranting
• formalizing
• mandating
• commanding
• legitimating
• sanctioning
• decreeing

3

as in deleting

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deleting
• removing
• erasing
• censoring
• killing
• crossing (out)
• striking (out)
• stroking (out)
• scratching (out)
• editing (out)
• eliding
• deleing
• obliterating
• eradicating
• expunging
• suppressing
• blue-penciling
• clipping
• excising
• shortening
• wiping out
• effacing
• x-ing (out)
• blotting out
• cutting
• redacting
• abbreviating
• bleeping
• rubbing out
• silencing
• rooting (out)
• laundering
• cropping
• cleaning (up)
• expurgating
• repressing
• blipping
• bowdlerizing
• red-penciling
• blacking out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stetting

4

as in erasing

to destroy all traces of

it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erasing
• eradicating
• abolishing
• destroying
• obliterating
• expunging
• liquidating
• exterminating
• annihilating
• wiping out
• shattering
• sweeping (away)
• demolishing
• effacing
• stamping (out)
• ruining
• cleaning (up)
• blotting out
• extirpating
• killing
• dismantling
• discarding
• rooting (out)
• decimating
• wrecking
• devastating
• ravaging
• wasting
• blacking out
• flattening
• consuming
• rubbing out
• snuffing (out)
• dissolving
• terminating
• smashing
• razing
• finishing
• ejecting
• ditching
• blasting
• expelling
• mowing (down)
• totaling
• tearing down
• fragmenting
• dashing
• dynamiting
• splintering
• pulverizing
• jettisoning
• devouring
• excising
• atomizing
• ousting
• dooming
• killing off
• powdering
• cutting
• zapping
• blowing up
• throwing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• saving
• preserving
• creating
• conserving
• making
• forming
• building
• constructing
• shaping
• manufacturing
• forging
• framing
• restoring
• renewing
• repairing
• fixing
• rebuilding
• reconstructing
• fashioning
• fabricating
• revamping
• patching
• renovating
• reconditioning
• mending

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of canceling

The agent reported that the API lacked authorization checks for canceling other people's reservations. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Hong's past social media comments over canceling Thanksgiving may have played a role in her downfall. — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

That includes canceling its season-finale Team Championship in Michigan next week and reducing its individual purse for this week’s LIV Golf Indianapolis event. — Brody Miller, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

The school ended up canceling its season after too many players were declared ineligible. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Saving Parini the bother of canceling the interview, Borges gamely offers to join him on a road trip to Orkney. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026

Somewhere deep, there's a sense of acceptance that life-threatening, trip-canceling heat waves and their rippling effects aren't a one-off fluke. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Sony Headphones Deal Weighing just 192 grams, the Sony WH-CH720N is Sony's lightest overhead wireless noise-canceling headband, tailored specifically for fatigue-free, all-day wearing comfort. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026

Gottlieb later thanked The Venue on Facebook for canceling the event. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026