abolished

The word “abolished” has 3 syllables: a-bol-ished

It's pronounced as /əˈbɑlɪʃt/


What is synonym and antonym for abolished?

In the thesaurus, “abolished” has 163 synonyms and 74 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for abolished along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for abolished

  • abated
  • aborted
  • abrogated
  • annihilated
  • annulled
  • archaic
  • asleep
  • atomized
  • avoided
  • banned
  • blacked out
  • blasted
  • blew up
  • blighted
  • blotted out
  • broke down
  • broken
  • bygone
  • called
  • called off
  • canceled
  • cancelled
  • cold
  • collapsed
  • consumed
  • countermanded
  • crashed
  • crushed
  • cut
  • dashed
  • dead
  • dead and gone
  • decayed
  • deceased
  • decimated
  • defunct
  • demolished
  • departed
  • desolated
  • destroyed
  • devastated
  • devoured
  • did away with
  • disallowed
  • disannulled
  • disappeared
  • discarded
  • disintegrated
  • dismantled
  • dismissed
  • dissipated
  • dissolved
  • ditched
  • done for
  • doomed
  • doused
  • dropped
  • dynamited
  • effaced
  • ejected
  • eliminated
  • ended
  • enjoined
  • eradicated
  • erased
  • exanimate
  • excised
  • expelled
  • expunged
  • exterminated
  • extinct
  • extinguished
  • extirpated
  • fallen
  • felled
  • finished
  • flattened
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • forgotten
  • fragmented
  • frittered
  • gone
  • gutted
  • inactive
  • incinerated
  • invalidated
  • jettisoned
  • killed
  • killed off
  • lapsed
  • late
  • lifeless
  • liquidated
  • lost
  • misspent
  • misused
  • negated
  • no longer known
  • nulled
  • nullified
  • obliterated
  • obsolete
  • ousted
  • out-of-date
  • outlawed
  • outmoded
  • overrode
  • overruled
  • overturned
  • overwhelmed
  • passed on
  • past
  • perished
  • powdered
  • prohibited
  • pulverized
  • quashed
  • ravaged
  • razed
  • recalled
  • rejected
  • removed
  • repealed
  • rescinded
  • retracted
  • reversed
  • revoked
  • rolled back
  • rubbed out
  • ruined
  • sacked
  • set aside
  • shattered
  • smashed
  • snuffed out
  • splintered
  • squandered
  • struck down
  • subverted
  • superseded
  • suspended
  • terminated
  • threw out
  • tore down
  • torn down
  • totaled
  • totalled
  • unknown
  • unremembered
  • vacated
  • vanished
  • vanquished
  • vetoed
  • void
  • voided
  • wasted
  • wiped out
  • wiped-out
  • withdrew
  • wrecked
  • wrote off
  • zapped

Antonyms for abolished

  • accomplishing
  • alive
  • allowed
  • approved
  • attentive
  • authorized
  • aware
  • built
  • cleared
  • cognizant
  • commanded
  • conserved
  • constructed
  • created
  • current
  • decreed
  • enacted
  • endorsed
  • established
  • existent
  • existing
  • extant
  • fabricated
  • fashioned
  • fixed
  • flourishing
  • forged
  • formalized
  • formed
  • found
  • founded
  • framed
  • indorsed
  • instituted
  • intact
  • laid down
  • legalized
  • legislated
  • legitimated
  • legitimized
  • living
  • made
  • mandated
  • manufactured
  • mended
  • ordered
  • passed
  • patched
  • permitted
  • prescribed
  • present
  • preserved
  • prosperous
  • protected
  • ratified
  • rebuilt
  • reconditioned
  • reconstructed
  • renewed
  • renovated
  • repaired
  • restored
  • revamped
  • rich
  • sanctioned
  • saved
  • shaped
  • sober
  • solvent
  • successful
  • validated
  • warranted
  • wealthy
  • winning

Meanings of abolished

  • verb
    1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
    2. To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.

Example Sentences

  • The government abolished the outdated tax law to stimulate economic growth.
  • Slavery was officially abolished in the country after decades of advocacy and struggle.
  • The dictator's regime brutally abolished freedom of speech and assembly.
  • The company's new policy effectively abolished the use of single-use plastics in its operations.
  • After years of advocacy, the community finally saw the unjust practice abolished.

On this page you'll find 237 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abolished, such as: abated, aborted, abrogated, accomplishing, alive, allowed, annihilated.

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abated

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had done with

vacated

laid by

quashed

  • abated
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  • dominated
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  • forbad
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