To help with “Cancel”, we’ve provided answers that line up with completed crosswords using identical or nearly identical clues. They’ve worked before, and they may work for you again.
Likely Answers:
- NIX
- UNDO
- SCRUB
- ANNUL
- RESCIND
- CALLOFF
- NEGATE
- SCRAP
- REVOKE
- AXE
- ABORT
- ABOLISH
- NULLIFY
- DELETE
- SCRATCH
- DELE
- XOUT
- CEASE
Synonyms and Definitions
NIX
- Synonyms: aught, cipher, cypher, disallow, forbid, goose egg, interdict, nada, naught, nil, nothing, null, prohibit, proscribe, veto, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
- Definition: an amount that holds no significance
UNDO
- Synonyms: loosen, unmake, untie, unwrap
SCRUB
- Synonyms: bush, call off, chaparral, scour, scouring, scratch, scrub up, scrubbing
ANNUL
- Synonyms: avoid, countermand, invalidate, lift, nullify, overturn, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate, void
RESCIND
- Synonyms: annul
NEGATE
- Synonyms: belie, contradict, contravene, neutralise, neutralize
SCRAP
- Synonyms: altercate, argufy, bit, chip, combat, dispute, fight, fighting, flake, fleck, junk, quarrel, rubbish, trash
- Definition: a tiny piece that has broken off from the entire entity
REVOKE
- Synonyms: renege
AXE
- Synonyms: ax
- Definition: A tool with a hefty blade attached perpendicularly to a handle.
ABOLISH
- Synonyms: get rid of
NULLIFY
- Synonyms: negate
DELETE
- Synonyms: blue-pencil, edit, erase
SCRATCH
- Synonyms: abrasion, boodle, bread, cabbage, cacography, chafe, chicken feed, clams, come up, dent, dinero, dough, engrave, excise, excoriation, expunge, fray, fret, gelt, grave, incision, inscribe, itch, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, mark, moolah, pelf, prick, rub, scar, scrape, scrape up, scraping, scratch line, scratch up, scratching, scrawl, scribble, scrub, shekels, simoleons, slit, start, starting line, strike, sugar, wampum
- Synonyms: gran, grandma, grandmother, grannie, granny, naan, nanna
CEASE
- Synonyms: discontinue, end, finish, give up, lay off, quit, stop, terminate