EXTRACTION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for EXTRACTION?

Need another word that means the same as “extraction”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “extraction” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Extraction” are: descent, origin, removal, taking out, drawing out, pulling out, extrication, wrenching out, tearing out, withdrawal, exaction, coercion, extortion, squeezing, expressing, separation, pressing, distillation, ancestry, parentage, ancestors, family

Extraction as a Noun

Definitions of "Extraction" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “extraction” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The action of taking out something (especially using effort or force.
• The action of extracting something, especially using effort or force.
• The process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means.
• The ethnic origin of someone's family.
• Properties attributable to your ancestry.

Synonyms of "Extraction" as a noun (22 Words)

ancestors	Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent.
ancestry	One’s family or ethnic descent. He was proud of his Irish ancestry.
coercion	The practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats. They didn t have to use coercion.
descent	The descendants of one individual. His descents on the manager of any shop he took a fancy to visit.
distillation	The action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling. The petroleum distillation process.
drawing out	An illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper.
exaction	Act of demanding or levying by force or authority. The billions flow in through 28 taxes and countless smaller exactions.
expressing	Rapid transport of goods.
extortion	Unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority. The extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty.
extrication	The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition.
family	A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit. All manuscripts that share this reading constitute a family.
origin	Properties attributable to your ancestry. Origin in sensation.
parentage	The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents. This ice cream boasts American parentage.
pressing	The act of pressing the exertion of pressure. At the pressing of a button.
pulling out	The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you.
removal	The forcing of individuals or communities to leave their place of residence, especially to move to ethnically homogeneous rural settlements. The forced removals of the Acadians began in late 1755.
separation	The action or state of moving or being moved apart. He hid in the separation between walls.
squeezing	A twisting squeeze.
taking out	The act of someone who picks up or takes something.
tearing out	An occasion for excessive eating or drinking.
withdrawal	The act of taking out money or other capital. The withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam.
wrenching out	A failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball.

Usage Examples of "Extraction" as a noun

• The dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction.
• A worker of Polish extraction.
• Mineral extraction.
• A dental extraction.

Associations of "Extraction" (30 Words)

anhydrous	(of a substance, especially a crystalline compound) containing no water.
aqueous	Like water; watery. An aqueous solution of potassium permanganate.
digress	Wander from a direct or straight course. Don t digress when you give a lecture.
digressive	Tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects. Amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women s fashions among other things.
dilution	A liquid that has been diluted. The milk factor is greatly reduced by dilution.
discursive	(of a style of speech or writing) fluent and expansive. The attempt to transform utterances from one discursive context to another.
dissolve	Cause to lose control emotionally. She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme.
excursive	Tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects. His excursive remarks.
hydrate	Cause to be hydrated add water or moisture to. A powerful moisturizer that hydrates the skin for up to twelve hours.
immiscible	Incapable of mixing. Benzene is immiscible with water.
indirect	Not directly caused by or resulting from something. Local government under the indirect control of the British.
irrelevant	Having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue. An irrelevant comment.
liquefaction	The process of making something, especially a gas, liquid. Helium can be obtained from the liquefaction of natural gas.
liquid	Changed from a solid to a liquid state. Drink plenty of liquids.
meandering	An act of wandering in a leisurely or aimless manner. Meandering streams.
melt	A quantity of metal melted in one operation. Richard gave her a smile that melted her heart.
meltwater	Melted snow or ice. Glacial meltwaters gathered on a thick bed of boulder clay.
naphtha	Any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents.
oxidize	Combine chemically with oxygen. This metal oxidizes easily.
petroleum	A liquid mixture of hydrocarbons which is present in suitable rock strata and can be extracted and refined to produce fuels including petrol, paraffin, and diesel oil; oil.
rambling	Of a path e.g. A rambling club.
roam	Move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area. He let his eyes roam her face.
saturated	Denoting fats containing a high proportion of fatty acid molecules without double bonds considered to be less healthy in the diet than unsaturated fats. A saturated solution.
sidetrack	Cause (someone) to be distracted from an immediate or important issue. His monologue launches into too many rambling sidetracks.
soluble	Capable of being dissolved in some solvent (usually water. The poison is soluble in alcohol.
solvent	Something that acts to weaken or dispel a particular attitude or situation. An unrivalled solvent of social prejudices.
tangential	Relating to or along a tangent. A tangential remark.
thaw	A period of warmer weather that thaws ice and snow. She thawed out sufficiently to allow a smile to appear.
unsuitable	Not capable of being applied. The display is unsuitable for young children.
wandering	Of a path e.g. A wandering preacher.