elide

The word “elide” has 2 syllables: e-lide

It's pronounced as /ɪˈlaɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for elide?

In the thesaurus, “elide” has 70 synonyms and 26 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for elide

  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • abridge
  • abstract
  • black out
  • bleep
  • blip
  • blot out
  • blue-pencil
  • bowdlerize
  • cancel
  • censor
  • clip
  • compress
  • constrict
  • contract
  • crop
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • de-escalate
  • decrease
  • deflate
  • dele
  • delete
  • digest
  • diminish
  • dock
  • downsize
  • dwindle
  • efface
  • encapsulate
  • epitomize
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • excise
  • expunge
  • expurgate
  • kill
  • launder
  • lessen
  • lower
  • moderate
  • modify
  • neglect
  • obliterate
  • pare
  • pass over
  • prune
  • recapitulate
  • red-pencil
  • redact
  • reduce
  • remove
  • repress
  • retrench
  • rub out
  • shorten
  • shrink
  • silence
  • slash
  • sum up
  • summarize
  • suppress
  • syncopate
  • taper
  • trim
  • truncate
  • wipe out

Antonyms for elide

  • add
  • aggrandize
  • amplify
  • augment
  • balloon
  • blow up
  • boost
  • dilate
  • distend
  • elongate
  • enlarge
  • escalate
  • expand
  • extend
  • heighten
  • increase
  • inflate
  • lengthen
  • maximize
  • prolong
  • protract
  • pump up
  • raise
  • stet
  • supplement
  • swell

Meanings of elide

  • verb
    1. To leave out or omit (something).
    2. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
    3. To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.

Example Sentences

  • The speaker chose to elide certain details to keep the story concise.
  • In casual speech, people often elide vowels to make words flow together.
  • The professor advised not to elide important historical facts in the essay.
  • Poets sometimes elide syllables to maintain the rhythm of their verses.
  • The politician attempted to elide questions about the controversial policy.

On this page you'll find 96 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to elide, such as: abate, abbreviate, abridge, abstract, add, aggrandize, amplify.

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

Related Words

abbreviate

  • abate
  • abort
  • abridge
  • abstract
  • boil down
  • clip
  • compress
  • condense
  • constrict
  • contract
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • de-escalate
  • decrease
  • deflate
  • digest
  • diminish
  • dock
  • downsize
  • dwindle
  • elide
  • encapsulate
  • epitomize
  • get to the meat
  • lessen
  • lower
  • moderate
  • modify
  • pare
  • prune
  • put in a nutshell
  • recapitulate
  • reduce
  • restrict
  • retrench
  • shorten
  • shrink
  • slash
  • stop short
  • sum up
  • summarize
  • syncopate
  • take out
  • taper
  • trim
  • truncate

abridge

  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • abstract
  • blue pencil
  • chop
  • clip
  • compress
  • concentrate
  • condense
  • constrict
  • contract
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • de-escalate
  • decrease
  • deflate
  • digest
  • diminish
  • dock
  • downsize
  • dwindle
  • elide
  • encapsulate
  • epitomize
  • lessen
  • limit
  • lower
  • moderate
  • modify
  • narrow
  • pare
  • prune
  • put in nutshell
  • recapitulate
  • reduce
  • restrict
  • retrench
  • shorten
  • shrink
  • slash
  • snip
  • sum up
  • summarize
  • syncopate
  • taper
  • trim
  • truncate

kill

  • X out
  • abbreviate
  • affluent
  • allure
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • arrest
  • arroyo
  • asphyxiate
  • assassinate
  • bayou
  • beast
  • beck
  • beckon
  • beguile
  • bewitch
  • billabong
  • black out
  • blackball
  • blacklist
  • bleep
  • blip
  • blot out
  • blue-pencil
  • bourn
  • bourne
  • bowdlerize
  • brake
  • branch
  • break
  • brook
  • brooklet
  • brute
  • bump off
  • burn
  • burn out
  • bust
  • butcher
  • canal
  • cancel
  • captivate
  • carry off
  • cease
  • censor
  • channel
  • charm
  • chase
  • chock
  • claim
  • clip
  • confluent
  • coulee
  • counteract
  • court
  • creature
  • creek
  • critter
  • croak
  • crop
  • crucify
  • cut
  • cut down
  • cut off
  • cutoff
  • deactivate
  • deaden
  • debilitate
  • decimate
  • decline
  • defeat
  • dele
  • delete
  • delight
  • destroy
  • disallow
  • disapprove
  • disarm
  • dismantle
  • dismiss
  • dispatch
  • distributary
  • do away with
  • do for
  • do in
  • do up
  • down
  • drain
  • draw
  • draw up
  • drown
  • dump
  • efface
  • electrocute
  • elide
  • enchant
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • enrapture
  • enthral
  • enthrall
  • entice
  • entrance
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • euthanatize
  • euthanize
  • excise
  • execute
  • exhaust
  • expunge
  • expurgate
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • fag
  • fascinate
  • fatigue
  • fell
  • finish
  • forbid
  • frazzle
  • fresh
  • freshet
  • game
  • garrote
  • get
  • gill
  • gratify
  • guillotine
  • gut
  • halt
  • hang
  • harass
  • hit
  • ice
  • immolate
  • influent
  • interest
  • intrigue
  • invite
  • jam
  • kill off
  • knock off
  • knock out
  • launder
  • liquidate
  • lure
  • lynch
  • magnetize
  • make away with
  • martyr
  • massacre
  • millrace
  • millstream
  • mothball
  • mow
  • murder
  • negative
  • neutralize
  • nix
  • nullify
  • obliterate
  • off
  • outwear
  • phase out
  • please
  • poison
  • polish off
  • prey
  • prohibit
  • pull
  • put away
  • put down
  • put to death
  • quarry
  • quash
  • quell
  • race
  • recant
  • red-pencil
  • redact
  • refuse
  • remove
  • repress
  • revoke
  • rill
  • rivulet
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • run
  • runlet
  • runnel
  • runoff
  • sacrifice
  • sap
  • scrag
  • seduce
  • shoot down
  • shorten
  • shut off
  • silence
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • slew
  • slough
  • slue
  • smite
  • smother
  • snuff
  • solicit
  • stall
  • stick
  • stifle
  • still
  • stop
  • strangle
  • stream
  • streamlet
  • suffocate
  • suicide
  • suppress
  • take
  • take out
  • target
  • tempt
  • terminate
  • tire
  • tributary
  • turn off
  • turn out
  • veto
  • victim
  • wash
  • wash out
  • waste
  • watercourse
  • waterway
  • weaken
  • wear
  • wear out
  • wear to a frazzle
  • weary
  • whack
  • wile
  • wipe out
  • witch
  • woo
  • zap

neglect

  • abandonment
  • affront
  • be careless
  • be derelict
  • be irresponsible
  • be negligent
  • be remiss
  • brush aside
  • brush off
  • bypass
  • carelessness
  • chaos
  • condemn
  • coolness
  • decay
  • decrepitude
  • default
  • defer
  • delay
  • delinquency
  • depreciate
  • dereliction
  • desertion
  • desolation
  • despise
  • deterioration
  • detest
  • dilapidation
  • discard
  • discount
  • disdain
  • disintegration
  • dismiss
  • disregard
  • disregardance
  • disrepair
  • disrespect
  • dumpiness
  • elide
  • evade
  • fail
  • failure
  • forget
  • forgetfulness
  • gloss over
  • have nothing to do with
  • heedlessness
  • ignore
  • inadvertence
  • inadvertency
  • inattention
  • inconsideration
  • indifference
  • lapse
  • laugh off
  • laxity
  • laxness
  • let go
  • let pass
  • let slide
  • limbo
  • live with
  • look the other way
  • lose sight of
  • make light of
  • misprision
  • miss
  • miss out on
  • neglectfulness
  • negligence
  • nonfeasance
  • not care for
  • not trouble oneself
  • omission
  • omit
  • overleap
  • overlook
  • overpass
  • oversight
  • pass by
  • pass over
  • pass up
  • pay no attention to
  • pay no mind
  • pooh
  • pooh-pooh
  • postpone
  • pretermission
  • pretermit
  • procrastinate
  • rebuff
  • reject
  • remissness
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • scant
  • scorn
  • seediness
  • shirk
  • shrug off
  • skimp
  • skip
  • slackness
  • slide
  • slight
  • slip
  • slovenliness
  • slur
  • spurn
  • suspend
  • think little of
  • thoughtlessness
  • trifle
  • tune out
  • unconcern
  • underestimate

neglects

  • abandonments
  • affront
  • be careless
  • be derelict
  • be irresponsible
  • be negligent
  • be remiss
  • brush aside
  • brush off
  • bypass
  • bypasses
  • carelessness
  • chaos
  • condemn
  • coolness
  • decays
  • decrepitudes
  • defaults
  • defer
  • delay
  • delinquency
  • depreciate
  • dereliction
  • derelictions
  • desertions
  • desolations
  • despise
  • deteriorations
  • detest
  • dilapidation
  • dilapidations
  • discard
  • discount
  • disdain
  • disdains
  • disintegrations
  • dismiss
  • disregard
  • disregardance
  • disregards
  • disrepairs
  • disrespect
  • elide
  • evade
  • fails
  • forgetfulness
  • forgets
  • gloss over
  • have nothing to do with
  • heedlessness
  • ignore
  • ignores
  • inadvertence
  • inattention
  • inattentions
  • inconsideration
  • indifference
  • lapse
  • laugh off
  • laxity
  • laxness
  • let go
  • let pass
  • let slide
  • limbo
  • live with
  • look the other way
  • lose sight of
  • make light of
  • miss
  • misses
  • misses out on
  • neglectfulness
  • negligence
  • negligences
  • not care for
  • not trouble oneself
  • omission
  • omit
  • omits
  • overleap
  • overlook
  • overlooks
  • overpass
  • overpasses
  • oversight
  • pass by
  • pass over
  • pass up
  • passes over
  • pay no attention to
  • pay no mind
  • pooh-poohs
  • poohs
  • postpone
  • pretermission
  • pretermit
  • pretermits
  • procrastinate
  • rebuff
  • reject
  • rejects
  • remissness
  • ruinations
  • ruins
  • scant
  • scants
  • scorn
  • scorns
  • shirk
  • shirks
  • shrug off
  • shrugs off
  • skimp
  • skimps
  • skip
  • skips
  • slackness
  • slides
  • slight
  • slights
  • slips
  • slovenliness
  • slur
  • spurn
  • suspend
  • think little of
  • thoughtlessness
  • trifle
  • tune out
  • unconcern
  • underestimate

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