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removing

verb , present participle of remove

Synonyms and Antonyms of removing

1 to rid oneself of (a garment)

I removed my coat as soon as I got inside

Synonyms of removing

doffing, dousing, peeling (off), putting off, shrugging off, taking off

Words Related to removing

husking, shedding

kicking (off)

disrobing, stripping, undressing

Near Antonyms of removing

wearing

appareling (or apparelling), arraying, attiring, bedecking, clothing, dressing, garbing, rigging, robing, suiting

Antonyms of removing

donning, putting on, slipping (into), throwing (on)

2 to take away from a place or position

he carefully removed the old manuscript from the shelf

Synonyms of removing

clearing, drawing, taking out, withdrawing

Words Related to removing

demounting, dislodging

abstracting, cutting, drawing off, drawing out, extracting, pulling

budging, dislocating, displacing, disturbing, moving, shifting, transferring, transposing

Near Antonyms of removing

mounting

anchoring, clamping, fixing, hitching, mooring, securing, setting

embedding (also imbedding), entrenching (also intrenching), implanting, ingraining (also engraining), lodging, rooting

setting up, siting, situating, sticking

Antonyms of removing

placing, positioning, putting

3 to change the place or position of

please remove that chair to the other room

Synonyms of removing

budging, dislocating, displacing, disturbing, moving, relocating, repositioning, shifting, transferring, transposing

Words Related to removing

bearing, carrying, carting, conveying, driving, hauling, lugging, toting, transmitting, transplanting, transporting

replacing, superseding, supplanting

altering, making over, modifying, redoing, refashioning, remaking, remodeling, revamping, revising, reworking, varying

Near Antonyms of removing

anchoring, fixing, freezing, mooring, securing, setting, stabilizing

embedding (also imbedding), entrenching (also intrenching), implanting, ingraining (also engraining), lodging, rooting

4 to let go from office, service, or employment

voters removed the racist selectman from office the first chance they got

Synonyms of removing

axing, bouncing, canning, cashiering, discharging, dismissing, firing, mustering out, pink-slipping, releasing, retiring, sacking, terminating, turning off

Words Related to removing

downsizing, excessing, furloughing, laying off, trimming

booting (out), chucking (out), drumming (out), kicking out, throwing out, unseating

separating

Phrases Synonymous with removing

sending packing, showing (someone) the door

Near Antonyms of removing

keeping

reemploying (or re-employing), rehiring

contracting, subcontracting

recruiting

Antonyms of removing

employing, engaging, hiring, retaining, signing (up or on), taking on

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