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rid

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of rid

to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers

worked two jobs to rid himself of debt

Synonyms of rid

clear, disburden, disencumber, divest, free, relieve, unburden

Words Related to rid

discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

bail (out), deliver, redeem, rescue

disengage, disentangle, extricate

Near Antonyms of rid

bog (down), fetter, hamper, restrain, shackle, subject, weigh down, weight (down)

Antonyms of rid

burden, encumber, saddle

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