rid of

1. 1.

   do away with

   Synonymsobviateeliminate

   Narrowerpreclude

Questions about rid of

What does rid of mean?

rid of means "do away with".

What is another word for rid of?

Close synonyms include obviate, eliminate. 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 rid of a common word?

rid of is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.