Thesaurus:remove

Thesaurus:remove

THESAURUS

remove

English

Sense: to make smaller by removing something

Note: To decrease the number, reduce the quantity or lower the magnitude.

Synonyms

• abate

• bate

• deduct

• knock off

• remove

• subduct (rare)

• subtract    [WS]

• take away

Antonyms

• add    [WS]

Hyponyms

• unadd

Hypernyms

• diminish    [WS]

• split    [WS]

See also

• Thesaurus:delete
• Thesaurus:diminish (to make smaller)

Further reading

• “38. nonaddition, subtraction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “remove” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.