eliminate

Other forms of eliminate

past tense

eliminated·

present participle

eliminating·

third person

eliminates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eliminate

What does eliminate mean?

eliminate means "terminate, end, or take out". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eliminate?

eliminate has 4 syllables: e-lim-i-nate. The stress falls on "lim". In IPA it is /ɪˈlɪməˌneɪt/.

What is another word for eliminate?

Close synonyms include extinguish, get rid of, do away with, obviate, rid of. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eliminate a common word?

eliminate is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with eliminate?

52 words rhyme with eliminate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.