remove

/ɹimˈuv/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
   “remove a threat”
2. remove from a position or an office
3. dispose of
   “Get rid of these old shoes!”
4. cause to leave
   “The teacher took the children out of the classroom”
5. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
   “He removed his children to the countryside”
6. go away or leave
   “He absented himself”
7. kill intentionally and with premeditation
   “The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered”
8. get rid of something abstract
   “The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage”

noun

1. degree of figurative distance or separation
   “just one remove from madness”

Synonyms for remove

• take
• take away
• withdraw
• get rid of
• take out
• move out
• transfer
• absent
• murder
• slay
• hit
• dispatch
• bump off
• off
• polish off

Words that rhyme with remove

• move
• prove
• groove
• approve
• disapprove
• improve
• behoove
• countermove
• disprove
• duve
• juve
• struve
• stueve
• stuve
• veuve