cancels

The word “cancels” has 2 syllables: can-cels

It's pronounced as /ˈkæn.səlz/

What is synonym and antonym for cancels?

In the thesaurus, “cancels” has 136 synonyms and 66 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for cancels

abandons
abates
abbreviates
abolishes
aborts
abrogates
annihilates
annuls
atomizes
avoids
bans
blacks out
blasts
bleeps
blips
blots out
blows up
blue-pencils
bowdlerizes
breaks down
breaks off
calls
calls off
censors
clips
consumes
countermands
cries off
crops
cuts
dashes
decimates
deles
deletes
demolishes
destroys
devastates
devours
disallows
disannuls
discards
discontinues
dismantles
dismisses
dissolves
ditches
does away with
dooms
drops
dynamites
effaces
ejects
elides
eliminates
ends
enjoins
eradicates
erases
excises
expels
expunges
expurgates
exterminates
extirpates
finishes
flattens
forbids
fragments
gives up
halts
holds back
interrupts
invalidates
jettisons
kills
kills off
launders
liquidates
negates
nullifies
nulls
obliterates
ousts
outlaws
overrides
overrules
overturns
powders
prohibits
pulverizes
quashes
ravages
razes
recalls
recants
red-pencils
redacts
rejects
relinquishes
removes
repeals
represses
rescinds
retracts
reverses
revokes
rolls back
rubs out
ruins
scraps
scrubs
sets aside
shatters
shortens
silences
smashes
splinters
stops
strikes down
suppresses
surrenders
suspends
takes back
tears down
terminates
throws out
totals
vacates
vetoes
voids
wastes
wipes out
withdraws
wrecks
writes off
zaps

Antonyms for cancels

allows
approves
authorizes
begins
builds
clears
commands
commences
conserves
constructs
continues
creates
decrees
enacts
endorses
engages
establishes
fabricates
fashions
fixes
forges
formalizes
forms
founds
frames
indorses
initiates
institutes
keeps
lays down
legalizes
legislates
legitimates
legitimizes
makes
mandates
manufactures
mends
orders
passes
patches
permits
pledges
prescribes
preserves
promises
protects
ratifies
rebuilds
reconditions
reconstructs
renews
renovates
repairs
restores
revamps
sanctions
saves
shapes
starts
stets
takes on
takes up
undertakes
validates
warrants

Meanings of cancels

noun
1. A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
2. An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
3. The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
4. The page thus suppressed.
5. The page that replaces it.
verb
1. To cross out something with lines etc.
2. To invalidate or annul something.
3. To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
4. To offset or equalize something.
5. To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
6. To stop production of a programme.
7. To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
8. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
9. To kill.
10. To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable). Compare cancel culture.

Example Sentences

The airline cancels flights due to bad weather.
He cancels his plans whenever he feels too tired.
The company cancels all orders that are incomplete.
She cancels her subscription every few months.
The coach cancels practice when it rains heavily.

On this page you'll find 202 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to cancels, such as: abandons, abates, abbreviates, abolishes, aborts, abrogates, allows.

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