wipe off

1. 1.

   remove by wiping

   Synonymswipe away

   Broaderremove

   Narrowerdeterge
2. 2.

   remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

   “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”

   Synonymseraserub outscore outefface

   Broaderdelete

   Narrowerspongescratch out

Questions about wipe off

What does wipe off mean?

wipe off means "remove by wiping". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for wipe off?

Close synonyms include wipe away, erase, rub out, score out, efface. 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 wipe off a common word?

wipe off 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.