Need another word that means the same as “neutralize”? Find 29 synonyms and 30 related words for “neutralize” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Neutralize” are: neutralise, do in, knock off, liquidate, waste, counteract, counterbalance, countervail, negate, nullify, offset, balance, balance out, counterpoise, compensate for, make up for, kill, do to death, put to death, assassinate, execute, eliminate, dispatch, butcher, cut to pieces, slaughter, massacre, wipe out, mow down
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “neutralize” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| assassinate | Murder; especially of socially prominent persons. Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel. |
| balance | Bring into balance or equilibrium. She has to balance work and her domestic duties. |
| balance out | Bring into balance or equilibrium. |
| butcher | Ruin (something) deliberately or through incompetence. The film was butchered by the studio that released it. |
| compensate for | Make reparations or amends for. |
| counteract | Oppose or check by a counteraction. This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues. |
| counterbalance | (of a weight) balance (another weight. The sitter s weight counterbalances the tilting pressure on the backrest. |
| counterpoise | Bring into contrast. They make a delightful couple his gentle intellectuality counterpoised by her firm practicality. |
| countervail | Offset the effect of (something) by countering it with something of equal force. Stereotypes are countervailed by more realistic assessments. |
| cut to pieces | Intentionally fail to attend. |
| dispatch | Send away towards a designated goal. He dispatched messages back to base. |
| do in | Get (something) done. |
| do to death | Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally. |
| eliminate | Eliminate from the body. A policy that would eliminate inflation. |
| execute | Kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment. Police executed a search warrant. |
| knock off | Deliver a sharp blow or push. |
| liquidate | Kill (someone), typically by violent means. I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex husband. |
| make up for | Reach in time. |
| massacre | Inflict a heavy defeat on (a sporting opponent. The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda. |
| mow down | Make a sad face and thrust out one’s lower lip. |
| negate | Be in contradiction with. Alcohol negates the effects of the drug. |
| neutralise | Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of. |
| nullify | Make of no use or value; cancel out. Judges were unwilling to nullify government decisions. |
| offset | Create an offset in. His unfortunate appearance was offset by a compelling personality. |
| put to death | Make an investment. |
| slaughter | Kill (people or animals) in a cruel or violent way, typically in large numbers. They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter. |
| waste | Run off as waste. Waste a joke on an unappreciative audience. |
| wipe out | Rub with a circular motion. |
| abnegation | Self-denial. Abnegation of political power. |
| abolish | Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution. Slavery was abolished in the mid 19th century in America and in Russia. |
| abrogate | Repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement. A proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike. |
| abrogation | The repeal or abolition of a law, right, or agreement. |
| annihilate | Defeat utterly. The stronger force annihilated its opponent virtually without loss. |
| annul | Declare invalid (an official agreement, decision, or result. The elections were annulled by the general amid renewed protests. |
| belie | Fail to fulfil or justify (a claim or expectation. The quality of the music seems to belie the criticism. |
| cancel | A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat. The electric fields may cancel each other out. |
| contradict | Be in contradiction with. Within five minutes he had contradicted himself twice. |
| counterbalance | A compensating equivalent. The trolley used a counterbalance and leverage action to reduce the effort of lifting loads. |
| default | Declare a party to have defaulted and give judgement against that party. All my life envy has been my default emotion. |
| delete | (of a section of genetic code, or its product) be lost or excised from a nucleic acid or protein sequence. The passage was deleted. |
| deny | Deny formally an allegation of fact by the opposing party in a legal suit. The servants are ordered to deny him. |
| disavow | Deny any responsibility or support for. Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children. |
| exterminate | Kill (a pest. Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews Gypsies Communists and homosexuals of Europe. |
| invalidate | Declare invalid. A technical flaw in her papers invalidated her nomination. |
| misrepresent | Tamper, with the purpose of deception. You are misrepresenting the views of the government. |
| negate | Make (a clause, sentence, or proposition) negative in meaning. This action will negate the effect of my efforts. |
| nullify | Make legally null and void; invalidate. Judges were unwilling to nullify government decisions. |
| offset | Create an offset in. Donations to charities can be offset against tax. |
| override | Be more important than. The flash has to have a manual override to be useful. |
| reject | Reject with contempt. I reject the idea of starting a war. |
| repeal | Revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament. The House voted in favour of repeal. |
| repudiation | The exposure of falseness or pretensions. A repudiation of left wing political ideas. |
| rescind | Cancel officially. The government eventually rescinded the directive. |
| rescission | The revocation, cancellation, or repeal of a law, order, or agreement. The plaintiff agreed to the rescission of the agreement. |
| revocable | Capable of being revoked or annulled. A revocable order. |
| revoke | Fail to follow suit when able and required to do so. He revoked the ban on smoking. |
| terminate | Terminate the employment of discharge from an office or position. The train will terminate at Stratford. |
| veto | A rejection by right of veto. Neither state was given a veto over amendments to the Act. |
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