abolishing

The word “abolishing” has 4 syllables: a-bol-ish-ing

It's pronounced as /əˈbɑlɪʃɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for abolishing?

In the thesaurus, “abolishing” has 156 synonyms and 69 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for abolishing

  • abandoning
  • abandonment
  • abating
  • abolition
  • aborting
  • abrogating
  • abrogation
  • annihilating
  • annihilation
  • annulling
  • annulment
  • assassinating
  • atomizing
  • avoiding
  • bane
  • banning
  • blacking out
  • blasting
  • blotting out
  • blowing up
  • breaking down
  • calling
  • calling off
  • canceling
  • cancelling
  • carnage
  • consuming
  • countermanding
  • crashing
  • crushing
  • cutting
  • dashing
  • decimating
  • deletion
  • demolishing
  • destroying
  • devastating
  • devastation
  • devouring
  • disallowing
  • disannulling
  • discarding
  • disintegrating
  • dismantling
  • dismissing
  • disrupting
  • dissolution
  • dissolving
  • ditching
  • doing away with
  • dooming
  • downfall
  • dropping
  • dynamiting
  • effacing
  • ejecting
  • eliminating
  • elimination
  • end
  • enjoining
  • eradicating
  • eradication
  • erasing
  • excising
  • expelling
  • expunging
  • exterminating
  • extermination
  • extinction
  • extinguishing
  • extinguishment
  • extirpating
  • extirpation
  • finishing
  • flattening
  • forbidding
  • fragmenting
  • havoc
  • invalidating
  • invalidation
  • jettisoning
  • killing
  • killing off
  • liquidating
  • liquidation
  • loss
  • massacre
  • murder
  • negating
  • nullification
  • nullifying
  • nulling
  • obliterating
  • obliteration
  • ousting
  • outlawing
  • overriding
  • overruling
  • overthrow
  • overturning
  • powdering
  • prohibiting
  • pulverizing
  • quashing
  • ravaging
  • razing
  • recall
  • recalling
  • rejecting
  • removing
  • repeal
  • repealing
  • repudiation
  • rescinding
  • retirement
  • retracting
  • retraction
  • reversal
  • reversing
  • revocation
  • revoking
  • rolling back
  • rubbing out
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • ruining
  • sacking
  • setting aside
  • shattering
  • slaughter
  • slaying
  • smashing
  • splintering
  • striking down
  • subjugation
  • subversion
  • subverting
  • suspending
  • tearing down
  • terminating
  • throwing out
  • totaling
  • totalling
  • undoing
  • vacating
  • vetoing
  • voiding
  • wasting
  • wiping out
  • withdrawing
  • wrack
  • wreck
  • wreckage
  • wrecking
  • writing off
  • zapping

Antonyms for abolishing

  • accomplishment
  • allowance
  • allowing
  • approval
  • approving
  • arrangement
  • authorizing
  • birth
  • building
  • clearing
  • commanding
  • confirmation
  • conserving
  • constructing
  • construction
  • creating
  • creation
  • decreeing
  • enacting
  • enactment
  • endorsing
  • establishing
  • establishment
  • fabricating
  • fashioning
  • fixing
  • forging
  • formalizing
  • forming
  • founding
  • framing
  • improvement
  • indorsing
  • instituting
  • laying down
  • legalizing
  • legislating
  • legitimating
  • legitimizing
  • making
  • mandating
  • manufacturing
  • mending
  • ordering
  • passing
  • patching
  • permission
  • permitting
  • prescribing
  • preserving
  • protecting
  • ratifying
  • rebuilding
  • reconditioning
  • reconstructing
  • renewing
  • renovating
  • repairing
  • reparation
  • restoration
  • restoring
  • revamping
  • sanctioning
  • saving
  • shaping
  • success
  • validating
  • validation
  • warranting

Meanings of abolishing

  • 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 is considering abolishing outdated laws that no longer serve the society.
  • The university senate debated the implications of abolishing the tenure system for faculty members.
  • Social activists have been advocating for abolishing the death penalty for decades.
  • The monarch announced plans for abolishing the centuries-old feudal system.
  • The company's new CEO proposed abolishing traditional hierarchies to foster a more inclusive workplace culture.

On this page you'll find 225 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abolishing, such as: abandoning, abandonment, abating, abolition, aborting, abrogating, abrogation.

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Related Words

effacing

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  • wrecking
  • zapping

eighty-sixing

  • abandoning
  • abdicating
  • abolishing
  • annihilating
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  • deep-sixing
  • deserting
  • discarding
  • dismissing
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cancellation

canceling

  • abandoning
  • abandonment
  • abating
  • abbreviating
  • abolishing
  • abolition
  • aborting
  • abrogating
  • abrogation
  • annihilating
  • annulling
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  • atomizing
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  • dismissing
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  • dissolution
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  • ditching
  • doing away with
  • dooming
  • dropping
  • dynamiting
  • effacing
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  • eliding
  • eliminating
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  • ending
  • enjoining
  • eradicating
  • eradication
  • erasing
  • excepting
  • excising
  • excluding
  • expelling
  • expunction
  • expunging
  • expurgating
  • exterminating
  • extirpating
  • finishing
  • flattening
  • forbidding
  • fragmenting
  • giving up
  • halting
  • holding back
  • ignoring
  • interrupting
  • invalidating
  • invalidation
  • jettisoning
  • killing
  • killing off
  • laundering
  • liquidating
  • missing
  • negating
  • neglecting
  • not including
  • not naming
  • nullification
  • nullifying
  • nulling
  • obliterating
  • obliteration
  • ousting
  • outlawing
  • overlooking
  • overriding
  • overruling
  • overturning
  • passing over
  • powdering
  • precluding
  • prohibiting
  • pulverizing
  • quashing
  • ravaging
  • razing
  • recall
  • recalling
  • recanting
  • red-penciling
  • redacting
  • rejecting
  • relinquishing
  • removing
  • repeal
  • repealing
  • repressing
  • repudiating
  • repudiation
  • rescinding
  • retirement
  • retracting
  • retraction
  • reversal
  • reversing
  • revocation
  • revoking
  • rolling back
  • rubbing out
  • ruining
  • scrapping
  • scratching out
  • scrubbing
  • setting aside
  • shattering
  • shortening
  • silencing
  • slighting
  • smashing
  • splintering
  • stopping
  • striking down
  • suppressing
  • surrendering
  • suspending
  • taking back
  • tearing down
  • terminating
  • throwing out
  • totaling
  • totalling
  • undoing
  • vacating
  • vetoing
  • voiding
  • wasting
  • wiping out
  • withdrawing
  • withholding
  • wrecking
  • writing off
  • zapping

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