Find the word that fits

Removal: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Removal

The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

70 useful connections shown 36 reviewed relationships and 34 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Narrower term 22

Abscission 76% connected

The act or process of cutting off.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Abstraction 76% connected

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Baring 76% connected

of Bare

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Deletion 76% connected

Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Denudation 76% connected

The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Disembowelment 76% connected

The act of disemboweling, or state of being disemboweled; evisceration.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Dislodgment 76% connected

The act or process of dislodging, or the state of being dislodged.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Elimination 76% connected

The act of expelling or throwing off

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Emptying 76% connected

of Empty

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Evacuation 76% connected

The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Evisceration 76% connected

A disemboweling.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Extraction 76% connected

The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Husking 76% connected

of Husk

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Purge 76% connected

To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Riddance 76% connected

The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Rinse 76% connected

To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Rinsing 76% connected

of Rinse

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Skimming 76% connected

of Skim

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Stripping 76% connected

of Strip

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Uncovering 76% connected

of Uncover

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Voidance 76% connected

The act of voiding, emptying, ejecting, or evacuating.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Withdrawal 76% connected

The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Broader term 9

Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Dismissal 76% connected

Dismission; discharge.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Dismission 76% connected

The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Firing 76% connected

The act of disharging firearms.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Liberation 76% connected

The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Release 76% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Sack 76% connected

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Sacking 76% connected

of Sack

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Separation 76% connected

The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Derivationally related 4

Remove 74% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Remove 74% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Take 74% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Take 74% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 1

Remotion 92% connected

The act of removing; removal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Explore further

Words from the same subject

These terms belong to the same specialist field or topic. They help you explore the subject, but they are not automatically synonyms.

Explore further

Words connected by meaning

Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.