Cancel: Synonyms and Antonyms



Cancel


( Verb )


Because of heavy rain, the musical program stands cancelled.

Synonyms

Destroy

Abolish

Obliterate

Blot out

Efface

Nullify

Invalidate

Erase

Bite

Contextual Examples:



An atom bomb can destroy the whole city within a few minutes.

The post of junior investigator has been abolished in our office.

The murderer tried to obliterate all the evidences against himself but the handkerchief found in his pocket become the needed evidence.

This act of yours will nullify all the good you have done to him.

His nomination for election was invalidated because he is not a citizen of India.

If you erase the last paragraph of the story, it will lost all its literary charm.


Antonyms

Establish

Ratify

Corroborate

Substantiate

Endorse

Confirm

Contextual Examples:



Let us establish new rules and regulations for our society.

Any amendment passed by the U.S. congress has to be ratified by at least 2/3rd number of states to go on the statute.

This fact is so well-known it needs no corroboration.

There is no evidence to substantiate your theory.

I endorse your views on the present political situation in the country.


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