abolishes

The word “abolishes” has 4 syllables: a-bol-ish-es

It's pronounced as /əˈbɑlɪʃɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for abolishes?

In the thesaurus, “abolishes” has 101 synonyms and 53 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for abolishes

  • abates
  • aborts
  • abrogates
  • annihilates
  • annuls
  • atomizes
  • avoids
  • bans
  • blacks out
  • blasts
  • blots out
  • blows up
  • breaks down
  • calls
  • calls off
  • cancels
  • consumes
  • countermands
  • cuts
  • dashes
  • decimates
  • demolishes
  • destroys
  • devastates
  • devours
  • disallows
  • disannuls
  • discards
  • dismantles
  • dismisses
  • dissolves
  • ditches
  • does away with
  • dooms
  • drops
  • dynamites
  • effaces
  • ejects
  • eliminates
  • enjoins
  • eradicates
  • erases
  • excises
  • expels
  • expunges
  • exterminates
  • extirpates
  • finishes
  • flattens
  • forbids
  • fragments
  • invalidates
  • jettisons
  • kills
  • kills off
  • liquidates
  • negates
  • nullifies
  • nulls
  • obliterates
  • ousts
  • outlaws
  • overrides
  • overrules
  • overturns
  • powders
  • prohibits
  • pulverizes
  • quashes
  • ravages
  • razes
  • recalls
  • rejects
  • removes
  • repeals
  • rescinds
  • retracts
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • rubs out
  • ruins
  • sets aside
  • shatters
  • smashes
  • splinters
  • strikes down
  • suspends
  • tears down
  • terminates
  • throws out
  • totals
  • vacates
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • wastes
  • wipes out
  • withdraws
  • wrecks
  • writes off
  • zaps

Antonyms for abolishes

  • allows
  • approves
  • authorizes
  • builds
  • clears
  • commands
  • conserves
  • constructs
  • creates
  • decrees
  • enacts
  • endorses
  • establishes
  • fabricates
  • fashions
  • fixes
  • forges
  • formalizes
  • forms
  • founds
  • frames
  • indorses
  • institutes
  • lays down
  • legalizes
  • legislates
  • legitimates
  • legitimizes
  • makes
  • mandates
  • manufactures
  • mends
  • orders
  • passes
  • patches
  • permits
  • prescribes
  • preserves
  • protects
  • ratifies
  • rebuilds
  • reconditions
  • reconstructs
  • renews
  • renovates
  • repairs
  • restores
  • revamps
  • sanctions
  • saves
  • shapes
  • validates
  • warrants

Meanings of abolishes

  • 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 new law effectively abolishes discriminatory practices in hiring.
  • The committee's decision abolishes outdated regulations that hinder innovation.
  • The university's policy change abolishes the use of single-use plastics on campus.
  • The educational reform abolishes standardized testing as a measure of student achievement.
  • The company's progressive policy abolishes the gender pay gap.

On this page you'll find 154 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abolishes, such as: abates, aborts, abrogates, allows, annihilates, annuls, approves.

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Related Words

abates

  • abbreviates
  • abolishes
  • aborts
  • abridges
  • abrogates
  • alleviates
  • annihilates
  • annuls
  • avoids
  • bankrupts
  • bans
  • bereaves
  • breaks down
  • calls
  • calls off
  • cancels
  • cheats
  • clips
  • collapses
  • compresses
  • condenses
  • constricts
  • contracts
  • countermands
  • crops
  • curtails
  • cuts
  • cuts back
  • cuts down
  • de-escalates
  • declines
  • decreases
  • deducts
  • deflates
  • defrauds
  • dents
  • denudes
  • depletes
  • deprives
  • diminishes
  • disallows
  • disannuls
  • discounts
  • disfurnishes
  • dismisses
  • dissolves
  • divests
  • docks
  • does away with
  • downscales
  • downsizes
  • drops
  • dwindles
  • eases
  • ebbs
  • eliminates
  • enjoins
  • eradicates
  • erases
  • evaporates
  • falls
  • falls away
  • flags
  • forbids
  • gives out
  • impoverishes
  • invalidates
  • knocks down
  • knocks off
  • lessens
  • lets up
  • liquidates
  • lowers
  • minimizes
  • moderates
  • modifies
  • modulates
  • negates
  • nicks
  • nullifies
  • nulls
  • outlaws
  • overrides
  • overrules
  • overturns
  • palls
  • pares
  • phases down
  • prohibits
  • prunes
  • qualifies
  • quashes
  • recalls
  • recedes
  • reduces
  • rejects
  • relaxes
  • relents
  • remits
  • removes
  • repeals
  • rescinds
  • retracts
  • retrenches
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • sets aside
  • shortchanges
  • shortens
  • shrinks
  • sinks
  • slackens
  • slashes
  • strikes down
  • strips
  • subsides
  • subtracts
  • suspends
  • takes off
  • tapers
  • tapers off
  • throws out
  • trims
  • truncates
  • vacates
  • vanishes
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • wanes
  • weakens
  • whittles
  • withdraws
  • writes off

effaces

  • abolishes
  • annihilates
  • atomizes
  • blacks out
  • blasts
  • blots out
  • blows up
  • cancels
  • consumes
  • cuts
  • dashes
  • decimates
  • demolishes
  • destroys
  • devastates
  • devours
  • discards
  • dismantles
  • dissolves
  • ditches
  • dooms
  • dynamites
  • ejects
  • eradicates
  • erases
  • excises
  • expels
  • expunges
  • exterminates
  • extirpates
  • finishes
  • flattens
  • fragments
  • jettisons
  • kills
  • kills off
  • liquidates
  • obliterates
  • ousts
  • powders
  • pulverizes
  • ravages
  • razes
  • rubs out
  • ruins
  • shatters
  • smashes
  • splinters
  • tears down
  • terminates
  • throws out
  • totals
  • wastes
  • wipes out
  • wrecks
  • zaps

quits

  • abandons
  • abates
  • abjures
  • abolishes
  • aborts
  • absconds
  • acquiesces
  • acquits
  • acts
  • adjourns
  • annuls
  • arrests
  • bags
  • bails
  • bails out
  • balances
  • bears
  • beats it
  • behaves
  • bites the dust
  • blinks
  • blockades
  • blocks
  • books
  • bows
  • brakes
  • breaks
  • breaks down
  • breaks off
  • breaks up
  • budges
  • buggers off
  • bugs off
  • bugs out
  • calls
  • cans
  • capitulates
  • carries
  • ceases
  • checks
  • chucks
  • clamps down
  • clears
  • clears off
  • clears out
  • closes
  • collects
  • completes
  • comports
  • composes
  • concedes
  • concludes
  • conducts
  • constrains
  • contains
  • controls
  • curbs
  • cuts off
  • cuts out
  • dams
  • deactivates
  • dead-ends
  • decamps
  • defers
  • delays
  • delivers
  • demeans
  • demolishes
  • departs
  • deports
  • deserts
  • destroys
  • detains
  • determines
  • dies
  • digs out
  • discards
  • discharges
  • discontinues
  • disowns
  • disregards
  • dissolves
  • distances
  • ditches
  • drops
  • dumps
  • elapses
  • emigrates
  • ends
  • escapes
  • evacuates
  • exits
  • expires
  • finishes
  • flees
  • flies
  • flings
  • foots
  • forgets
  • forsakes
  • gets
  • gets off
  • gets out
  • gives in
  • gives notice
  • gives over
  • gives up
  • goes
  • goes off
  • goes out
  • halts
  • handles
  • hands over
  • hangs it up
  • has done with
  • hinders
  • hits the road
  • holds
  • holds back
  • ignores
  • impedes
  • impersonates
  • inhibits
  • jettisons
  • junks
  • kiboshes
  • kills
  • knocks off
  • knuckles under
  • lapses
  • lays off
  • leaves
  • leaves off
  • lets up
  • lights out
  • liquidates
  • maroons
  • meets
  • mizzles
  • moderates
  • modulates
  • moves
  • neglects
  • obstructs
  • parts
  • passes
  • pauses
  • pays
  • pays off
  • pays up
  • peels off
  • plays
  • ponies up
  • pulls out
  • pulls stakes
  • pulls up stakes
  • pushes off
  • pushes on
  • puts the kibosh on
  • quiets
  • recompenses
  • rejects
  • relents
  • relinquishes
  • removes
  • renounces
  • represses
  • repudiates
  • restrains
  • retires
  • retreats
  • ruins
  • runs along
  • runs away
  • sacrifices
  • says uncle
  • scarpers
  • scats
  • scrams
  • scraps
  • scuttles
  • sets out
  • settles
  • sheds
  • shuts off
  • skips
  • snuffs
  • squashes
  • squelches
  • stalls
  • stamps
  • stanches
  • stands
  • starts
  • staunches
  • stays
  • stems
  • steps out
  • stops
  • strands
  • strikes out
  • stunts
  • submits
  • succumbs
  • suppresses
  • surrenders
  • suspends
  • takes a hike
  • takes a powder
  • takes a walk
  • takes off
  • tapers off
  • tempers
  • terminates
  • throws away
  • throws in the sponge
  • throws in the towel
  • throws out
  • throws up
  • turns back
  • vacates
  • vamooses
  • walks away from
  • walks out
  • walks out on
  • winds down
  • winds up
  • withdraws
  • wraps up
  • yields

kiboshes

  • abolishes
  • aborts
  • annuls
  • arrests
  • blockades
  • blocks
  • brakes
  • breaks
  • breaks off
  • breaks up
  • calls
  • cans
  • ceases
  • checks
  • clamps down
  • completes
  • concludes
  • cuts off
  • cuts out
  • dams
  • deactivates
  • delays
  • demolishes
  • destroys
  • detains
  • discontinues
  • dissolves
  • drops
  • ends
  • finishes
  • gives over
  • halts
  • hinders
  • holds
  • holds back
  • impedes
  • kills
  • knocks off
  • lays off
  • leaves off
  • obstructs
  • pauses
  • quits
  • ruins
  • scuttles
  • shuts off
  • snuffs
  • squashes
  • squelches
  • stamps
  • stanches
  • staunches
  • stays
  • stems
  • stops
  • stunts
  • suppresses
  • suspends
  • turns back

unbuilds

  • abolishes
  • annihilates
  • blows up
  • cracks up
  • crushes
  • dashes
  • decimates
  • demolishes
  • destroys
  • devastates
  • devours
  • dissolves
  • does in
  • dynamites
  • eradicates
  • extirpates
  • finishes
  • flattens
  • levels
  • obliterates
  • overturns
  • pulls down
  • pulverizes
  • ravages
  • razes
  • ruins
  • scourges
  • smashes
  • tears down
  • totals
  • unmakes
  • wastes
  • wipes out
  • wrecks

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