cancel
The word “cancel” has 2 syllables: can-cel
It's pronounced as /ˈkæn.səl/
What is synonym and antonym for cancel?
In the thesaurus, “cancel” has 179 synonyms and 82 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for cancel along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for cancel
- X out
- abandon
- abate
- abbreviate
- abolish
- abort
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- atomize
- avoid
- ax
- balance out
- ban
- black out
- blast
- bleep
- blip
- blot out
- blow up
- blue-pencil
- bowdlerize
- break
- break down
- break off
- call
- call off
- censor
- clip
- compensate for
- consume
- counteract
- counterbalance
- countercheck
- countermand
- counterpoise
- crop
- cross out
- cry off
- cut
- dash
- decimate
- declare invalid
- deface
- dele
- delete
- demolish
- destroy
- devastate
- devour
- disallow
- disannul
- discard
- discharge
- discontinue
- dismantle
- dismiss
- dissolve
- ditch
- do away with
- do in
- doom
- drop
- dynamite
- efface
- eject
- elide
- eliminate
- end
- enjoin
- eradicate
- erase
- excise
- expel
- expunge
- expurgate
- exterminate
- extirpate
- finish
- finish off
- flatten
- forbid
- fragment
- frustrate
- give up
- halt
- hold back
- ignore
- interrupt
- invalidate
- jettison
- kill
- kill off
- launder
- liquidate
- make up for
- negate
- neutralize
- null
- nullify
- obliterate
- off
- offset
- omit
- oust
- outlaw
- override
- overrule
- overthrow
- overturn
- powder
- prohibit
- pulverize
- put an end to
- quash
- ravage
- raze
- recall
- recant
- red-pencil
- redact
- redeem
- redress
- refute
- reject
- relinquish
- remove
- render inert
- render invalid
- render null and void
- repeal
- repress
- repudiate
- rescind
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- roll back
- rub out
- ruin
- rule out
- scrap
- scratch out
- scrub
- set aside
- shatter
- shorten
- silence
- sink
- smash
- splinter
- squash
- stamp across
- stop
- strike down
- strike out
- suppress
- surrender
- suspend
- take back
- tear down
- terminate
- throw out
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- trim
- undo
- vacate
- veto
- void
- wash out
- waste
- wipe out
- wipe the slate clean
- withdraw
- wreck
- write off
- zap
Antonyms for cancel
- add
- aid
- allow
- approve
- arrange
- assist
- authorize
- bear
- begin
- build
- clear
- command
- commence
- conserve
- construct
- continue
- create
- decree
- emphasize
- enact
- encourage
- endorse
- engage
- establish
- fabricate
- fashion
- fasten
- fix
- forge
- form
- formalize
- found
- frame
- give birth
- help
- imbalance
- indorse
- initiate
- institute
- keep
- lay down
- legalize
- legislate
- legitimate
- legitimize
- lose
- make
- mandate
- manufacture
- mend
- order
- pass
- patch
- permit
- pledge
- prescribe
- preserve
- promise
- protect
- ratify
- rebuild
- recondition
- reconstruct
- renew
- renovate
- repair
- restore
- revamp
- sanction
- save
- shape
- start
- stet
- strengthen
- support
- take on
- take up
- tip
- undertake
- uphold
- validate
- warrant
Meanings of cancel
- noun
- A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
- An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
- The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
- The page thus suppressed.
- The page that replaces it.
- verb
- To cross out something with lines etc.
- To invalidate or annul something.
- To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
- To offset or equalize something.
- To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
- To stop production of a programme.
- To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
- To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
- To kill.
- To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture.
Example Sentences
- They had to cancel the meeting due to unexpected circumstances.
- The airline decided to cancel all flights because of the storm.
- She asked to cancel her appointment for next week.
- We had to cancel our dinner reservation because of the traffic.
- The concert organizers will cancel the event if the weather doesn't improve.
On this page you'll find 261 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to cancel, such as: X out, abandon, abate, abbreviate, abolish, abort, abrogate.
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Related Words
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- side-tracked
- sidelined
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- unattended
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abandonment
- abandon
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- abortion
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- ardor
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- calling
- calling off
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- carelessness
- carte blanche
- casualness
- defection
- dereliction
- desertion
- discard
- dropping
- dumping
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- enthusiasm
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- excessiveness
- exuberance
- fervor
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- giving up
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- heedlessness
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- impulsiveness
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- incontinence
- indiscretion
- indulgence
- insouciance
- intemperance
- invalidation
- jettison
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- licentiousness
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- permissiveness
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