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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it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

Customers using Booking’s AI tools are booking somewhat faster, converting at somewhat higher rates, and canceling less often, Steenbergen said, while cautioning that the data remains early stage. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

The White House was warned that canceling TPS for Salvadorans would disrupt construction projects in Washington. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Earlier this summer, the Supreme Court issued a new ruling that gave the Administration wide latitude to begin cancelling people’s status. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Gen The second-generation Bose QuietComfort is the modern update of the headphones that made everyone care about noise-canceling technology. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2026

With the coach canceling days before or on the day of the competition. — Julia Avant, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Companies will be required to provide a simple, accessible way to cancel a subscription through the same method used to sign up — making canceling as easy as signing up. — Lindsay Owens, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

The Stanford researchers estimated that sellers can roughly double revenue because of consumer inertia, when people forget or put off canceling, and cancellation friction, when ending a subscription takes too much time or effort. — Barbara Booth, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026

As climate change intensifies, the weather has led to the several events cancelling this year. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026