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

Certain guys will be cut out of the rotation. —Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026

Meanwhile, local governments are mostly cut out of the process of granting the exemptions, after which municipalities have 21 days to object or the exemptions go into effect. —CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026

Gehry’s vision included completing the original plans cost-cut out of Disney a quarter-century ago, along with new modifications and much more throughout the area. —Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026

Self-doubt in those moments is not a sign you’re not cut out to lead. —Neri Karra Sillaman, Harvard Business Review, 20 Mar. 2026