Word REMOVE: meanings, synonyms & antonyms

remove

🇺🇸 [rɪˈmuːv]

Meanings

To take something away from a place or position. Removing can involve eliminating something physically, like an object, or figuratively, like a problem or obstacle. It is an action of displacement or clearing.

Examples

• Please remove your shoes before entering the house.
• The doctor will remove the stitches tomorrow.
• He had to remove the files from his computer to make space.

Synonyms

take away • eliminate • clear

Antonyms

add • keep • retain