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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 11 synonyms and 21 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for cancels

Antonyms for cancels

  • approves
  • begins
  • builds
  • conserves
  • continues
  • creates
  • enacts
  • engages
  • establishes
  • founds
  • institutes
  • keeps
  • lays down
  • makes
  • passes
  • preserves
  • promises
  • protects
  • saves
  • stets
  • validates

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 32 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to cancels, such as: abandons, abolishes, aborts, approves, avoids, begins, builds.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abandons

  • aborts
  • cancels
  • desert
  • discard
  • discontinue
  • discontinues
  • ditch
  • drop out
  • drops
  • dump
  • ends
  • forsake
  • forsakes
  • indulges
  • leave
  • leave behind
  • leaves
  • pull out
  • quit
  • quits
  • reject
  • renounce
  • revokes
  • spontaneity
  • stop
  • surrender
  • surrenders
  • vacate
  • withdraw

abates

  • abolishes
  • cancels
  • decrease
  • decreases
  • deducts
  • depletes
  • deprives
  • diminish
  • diminishes
  • dull
  • dwindle
  • ebb
  • recede
  • reduces
  • repeals
  • slacken
  • slow
  • strips
  • subside
  • subsides
  • subtracts
  • taper
  • taper off
  • wane

abolishes

  • abrogate
  • annul
  • avoids
  • cancel
  • cancels
  • destroys
  • dissolve
  • eradicate
  • eradicates
  • erases
  • nullify
  • overthrow
  • overturn
  • overturns
  • prohibit
  • put an end to
  • repeal
  • repeals
  • rescind
  • revoke
  • set aside
  • stamp out
  • suppress
  • terminate
  • wipe out

aborts

abrogates

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