wash out

The phrase “wash out” has 2 syllables: wash out

It's pronounced as /wɒʃ aʊt/


What is synonym and antonym for wash out?

In the thesaurus, “wash out” has 343 synonyms and 143 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for wash out

  • abate
  • abolish
  • abort
  • abrogate
  • achromatize
  • adios
  • also-ran
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • atomize
  • ax
  • back out
  • backpedal
  • be alienated from
  • become colorless
  • black out
  • blanch
  • bleach
  • blench
  • blot out
  • blow
  • blow it
  • blue pencil
  • bog
  • bomb
  • botch
  • break
  • break apart
  • break down
  • break off
  • break up
  • break with
  • brighten
  • bring to naught
  • bummer
  • burn out
  • bust
  • call all bets off
  • call off
  • cancel
  • cast off
  • catastrophe
  • cease
  • clear
  • clinker
  • close
  • clunker
  • collapse
  • come a cropper
  • come apart
  • come to grief
  • come to nothing
  • come up empty
  • compensate
  • confine
  • counteract
  • counterbalance
  • countermand
  • countervail
  • cover
  • crash
  • crater
  • cross out
  • crumble
  • cut
  • debacle
  • debilitate
  • decay
  • decline
  • decolor
  • decolorize
  • decompose
  • deface
  • defeat
  • degenerate
  • delete
  • deliquesce
  • deluge
  • demolish
  • deracinate
  • descend
  • desert
  • destroy
  • detach
  • die on the vine
  • dilapidate
  • dim
  • disannul
  • disappear
  • disappointment
  • disaster
  • disband
  • discolor
  • disconnect
  • discontinue
  • disimprove
  • dismantle
  • dismiss
  • disorganize
  • disown
  • disperse
  • dissolve
  • disunite
  • ditch
  • divide
  • divorce
  • do away with
  • do in
  • do up
  • dog
  • douche
  • douse
  • dowse
  • drain
  • drench
  • dud
  • dull
  • dust off
  • efface
  • eighty-six
  • eliminate
  • end
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • engulf
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • etiolate
  • evanish
  • evaporate
  • exhaust
  • expunge
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • fade
  • fade away
  • fag
  • fail
  • failure
  • fall flat
  • fall short
  • fall to pieces
  • fatigue
  • fiasco
  • finish
  • finish off
  • fizzle
  • flame out
  • flood
  • flop
  • flounder
  • flow
  • flummox
  • flunk
  • flush
  • fold
  • forfeit
  • forget about
  • forget it
  • forsake
  • founder
  • frazzle
  • frost
  • give up
  • go out of business
  • go under
  • grow dim
  • grow pale
  • gush
  • harass
  • has-been
  • hash
  • have done with
  • hose
  • implode
  • interrupt
  • inundate
  • invalidate
  • irrigate
  • jilt
  • kick
  • kill
  • knock off
  • knock out
  • ko
  • lay an egg
  • leave
  • lemon
  • level
  • lift
  • lighten
  • limit
  • liquidate
  • lose
  • lose brightness
  • lose luster
  • loser
  • make pale
  • mark out
  • mat
  • matt
  • matte
  • mess
  • miscarry
  • misfire
  • miss
  • molder
  • mow down
  • muddle
  • muddy
  • near miss
  • negate
  • neutralize
  • nix
  • nonevent
  • nonstarter
  • nullify
  • obliterate
  • obscure
  • off
  • offset
  • omit
  • opt out
  • outwear
  • pale
  • part from
  • part with
  • peroxide
  • pulverize
  • purge
  • putrefy
  • quash
  • quit
  • ravage
  • raze
  • recall
  • reject
  • relinquish
  • remit
  • remove
  • render invalid
  • render null and void
  • renege
  • renounce
  • repeal
  • repudiate
  • rescind
  • resign
  • restrict
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • rinse
  • root out
  • rot
  • rub off
  • rub out
  • rush
  • sacrifice
  • sap
  • saturate
  • scratch
  • scratch out
  • scrub
  • self-destruct
  • separate
  • set aside
  • sever
  • shake
  • shambles
  • shatter
  • shipwreck
  • shoot down
  • silver
  • sink
  • skid
  • slip
  • slosh
  • sluice
  • slump
  • smash
  • snow
  • soak
  • splash
  • splinter
  • spoil
  • squash
  • stamp across
  • stamp out
  • stand down
  • stop
  • stream
  • strike out
  • struggle
  • swamp
  • taint
  • take apart
  • take out
  • tank
  • tarnish
  • terminate
  • throw over
  • tire
  • tone down
  • torpedo
  • total
  • trash
  • trim
  • turkey
  • turn
  • turn to dust
  • undo
  • unroot
  • uproot
  • vacate
  • vanish
  • veto
  • vitiate
  • void
  • wane
  • wash
  • wash away
  • waste
  • waste one
  • weaken
  • wear
  • wear out
  • wear to a frazzle
  • weary
  • weasel out
  • weed out
  • whiten
  • whitewash
  • wipe off face of earth
  • wipe out
  • wipe the slate clean
  • withdraw
  • wither
  • worm out
  • worsen
  • write off
  • x out
  • zap

Antonyms for wash out

  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • activate
  • add
  • affirm
  • aid
  • allow
  • approve
  • arrange
  • assist
  • attach
  • bear
  • begin
  • blacken
  • blockbuster
  • blotch
  • brighten
  • build
  • burnish
  • checker
  • click
  • collect
  • color
  • combine
  • come off
  • connect
  • construct
  • continue
  • cook
  • corker
  • couple
  • crackajack
  • crackerjack
  • create
  • dandy
  • dapple
  • darken
  • daub
  • deepen
  • deliver
  • develop
  • discolor
  • do well
  • dye
  • embrown
  • enact
  • energize
  • enforce
  • establish
  • fasten
  • fix
  • fleck
  • flourish
  • free
  • gather
  • give birth
  • go
  • go over
  • grow
  • help
  • hit
  • hold
  • imbalance
  • improve
  • increase
  • initiate
  • institute
  • invigorate
  • jim-dandy
  • join
  • keep
  • leave alone
  • legalize
  • let go
  • link
  • lose
  • maintain
  • marble
  • meld
  • mend
  • mottle
  • paint
  • pan out
  • pass
  • pattern
  • permit
  • phenomenon
  • pigment
  • plant
  • polish
  • polychrome
  • prevail
  • prosper
  • pursue
  • put together
  • ratify
  • rejuvenate
  • relax
  • release
  • rest
  • restore
  • revive
  • rise
  • sanctify
  • sanction
  • save
  • schedule
  • set up
  • shade
  • sharpen
  • shine
  • smash
  • speck
  • speckle
  • splotch
  • spot
  • stain
  • start
  • streak
  • strengthen
  • striate
  • stripe
  • succeed
  • success
  • support
  • take up
  • tarnish
  • thrive
  • tincture
  • tinge
  • tint
  • tip
  • triumph
  • unite
  • unwind
  • uphold
  • validate
  • variegate
  • vitalize
  • win
  • winner
  • work out
  • yellow

Meanings of wash out

  • verb
    1. To wash the inside of something.
    2. To remove something by washing.
    3. To be removed by washing.
    4. To wear away by the flow of water; to erode.
    5. To cancel due to bad weather.
    6. To lose traction while going around a turn, especially in cycling, motorsports and skiing/snowboarding.

Example Sentences

  • The heavy rain will wash out the chalk drawings on the pavement.
  • He tried to wash out the stain from his shirt.
  • Continuous flooding may wash out the bridge.
  • Too much exposure to sunlight can wash out the colors of fabrics.
  • The storm could wash out the outdoor concert plans.

On this page you'll find 486 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wash out, such as: abate, abolish, abort, abrogate, accomplish, achieve, achromatize.

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

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  • weary
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  • work
  • work oneself to the bone
  • worry
  • yawn
  • yearn

kill

  • X out
  • abbreviate
  • affluent
  • allure
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • arrest
  • arroyo
  • asphyxiate
  • assassinate
  • bayou
  • beast
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  • black out
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  • bourn
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  • burn
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  • bust
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  • canal
  • cancel
  • captivate
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  • cease
  • censor
  • channel
  • charm
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  • claim
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  • confluent
  • coulee
  • counteract
  • court
  • creature
  • creek
  • critter
  • croak
  • crop
  • crucify
  • cut
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  • deactivate
  • deaden
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  • decline
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  • delete
  • delight
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  • dismiss
  • dispatch
  • distributary
  • do away with
  • do for
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  • do up
  • down
  • drain
  • draw
  • draw up
  • drown
  • dump
  • efface
  • electrocute
  • elide
  • enchant
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  • enthral
  • enthrall
  • entice
  • entrance
  • eradicate
  • erase
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  • euthanize
  • excise
  • execute
  • exhaust
  • expunge
  • expurgate
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • fag
  • fascinate
  • fatigue
  • fell
  • finish
  • forbid
  • frazzle
  • fresh
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  • game
  • garrote
  • get
  • gill
  • gratify
  • guillotine
  • gut
  • halt
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  • ice
  • immolate
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  • martyr
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  • millrace
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  • weaken
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  • witch
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obliterate

  • KO
  • X out
  • abolish
  • annihilate
  • atomize
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  • blot out
  • blow up
  • blue pencil
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  • efface
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  • finish
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  • kill
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  • level
  • liquidate
  • mark out
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  • powder
  • pulverize
  • ravage
  • raze
  • root out
  • rub off
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  • ruin
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  • scrub
  • shatter
  • shoot down
  • sink
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  • take apart
  • take out
  • tear down
  • terminate
  • throw out
  • torpedo
  • total
  • trash
  • wash out
  • waste
  • wipe off face of earth
  • wipe out
  • wreck
  • zap

obliterates

  • KO
  • X-out
  • abolishes
  • annihilate
  • annihilates
  • atomizes
  • ax
  • black out
  • blacks out
  • blasts
  • blot out
  • blots out
  • blows up
  • blue pencil
  • bog
  • cancel
  • cancels
  • consumes
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  • cuts
  • dashes
  • decimates
  • defeat
  • delete
  • demolishes
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  • discards
  • dismantles
  • dissolves
  • ditches
  • do in
  • dooms
  • dynamites
  • efface
  • effaces
  • ejects
  • eliminate
  • eradicate
  • eradicates
  • erase
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  • exterminate
  • exterminates
  • extirpate
  • extirpates
  • finish
  • finish off
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  • flattens
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  • pulverizes
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  • root out
  • rub off
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  • ruins
  • scratch
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  • shatters
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  • tears down
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  • torpedo
  • total
  • totals
  • trash
  • wash out
  • waste
  • wastes
  • wipe off face of earth
  • wipe out
  • wipes out
  • wrecks
  • zap
  • zaps

vaporize

  • annihilate
  • assassinate
  • atomize
  • beat
  • best
  • blast
  • blot out
  • blow up
  • boil away
  • break
  • butcher
  • clobber
  • conquer
  • cream
  • cripple
  • crush
  • cut down
  • damage
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  • desolate
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  • destroy
  • deteriorate
  • devastate
  • dilapidate
  • disassemble
  • disfigure
  • disintegrate
  • dismantle
  • dispatch
  • dissolve
  • do in
  • drub
  • dry up
  • dynamite
  • efface
  • eradicate
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  • execute
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  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • fell
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  • impair
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  • kill
  • kill off
  • lick
  • liquidate
  • loot
  • mangle
  • mar
  • massacre
  • master
  • murder
  • mutilate
  • nuke
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  • overbear
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  • pillage
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  • remove
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  • strike
  • subdue
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  • terminate
  • thrash
  • total
  • trample
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  • trim
  • trounce
  • unbuild
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  • unmake
  • vandalize
  • vitiate
  • volatilize
  • wallop
  • wash out
  • waste
  • whip
  • wipe out
  • wrack
  • wreck
  • zap

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