Thesaurus / blue pencil
FEEDBACKsynonyms for blue pencil
synonyms for blue pencil
- invalidate
- annul
- wipe out
- veto
- void
- undo
- abolish
- restrict
- quash
- offset
- negate
- abrogate
- repeal
- rescind
- countervail
- scrub
- abate
- neutralize
- scratch
- squash
- renege
- compensate
- limit
- vitiate
- counterbalance
- ax
- kill
- counteract
- confine
- trash
- zap
- annihilate
- stamp out
- torpedo
- bring to naught
- call all bets off
- disannul
- forget it
- nig
- render null and void
- renig
- take out
- wash out
- wipe out
- annihilate
- expunge
- exterminate
- knock out
- ravage
- erase
- eliminate
- smash
- black out
- obscure
- eradicate
- scratch
- kill
- extirpate
- cancel
- ax
- total
- zap
- cut
- waste
- efface
- finish
- scrub
- liquidate
- squash
- nix
- sink
- trash
- off
- level
- cover
- defeat
- delete
- bog
- do in
- knock off
- rub out
- wash out
- torpedo
- KO
- X-out
- blot out
- finish off
- mark out
- root out
- rub off
- shoot down
- take apart
- take out
- wipe off face of earth
- cut
- edit
- correct
- rearrange
- rephrase
- refine
- analyze
- check
- revise
- delete
- go over
- strike out
- blue-pencil
- remove errors
- tighten
- cut
- overhaul
- reexamine
- scrutinize
- rewrite
- amend
- review
- develop
- modify
- update
- compare
- revamp
- reorganize
- upgrade
- reconsider
- rework
- alter
- improve
- perfect
- rehash
- scrub
- scan
- study
- launder
- emend
- debug
- polish
- redo
- change
- go over
- run through
- recast
- blue-pencil
- redraft
- clean up
- look over
- recalibrate
- redraw
- restyle
- trim
- cut back
- cut
- abbreviate
- minimize
- lessen
- reduce
- slash
- curtail
- cut down
- shrink
- compress
- chop
- clip
- edit
- abridge
- elide
- excerpt
- condense
- contract
- snip
- dock
- lop
- retrench
- bob
- boil down
- cut to the bone
- make a long story short
- put in a nutshell
- shave
- cut back
- pare
- cut
- prune
- clip
- mow
- shorten
- curtail
- cut down
- shear
- abbreviate
- truncate
- edit
- tidy
- crop
- snip
- dock
- lop
- plane
- barber
- bob
- whittle down
- boil down
- even up
- pare down
- put in a nutshell
- slice off
- invalidate
- annul
- vacate
- abrogate
- dissolve
- rescind
- trim
- cut
- drop
- launder
- sterilize
- sanitize
- gut
- discharge
- abnegate
- black out
- bleep
- clean up
- declare null and void
- take out
- mitigate
- subdue
- palliate
- shush
- moderate
- hush-hush
- tone down
- euphemize
- blue-pencil
- put on the soft pedal
- blacklist
- excise
- edit
- suppress
- withhold
- restrict
- sanitize
- abridge
- black out
- delete
- control
- examine
- cut
- review
- repress
- sterilize
- restrain
- expurgate
- inspect
- launder
- cork
- squelch
- decontaminate
- bleach
- revile
- conceal
- purify
- purge
- oversee
- bowdlerize
- criticize
- narrow
- strike out
- bleep
- blue-pencil
- clean up
- drop the iron curtain
- exscind
- prevent publication
- put the lid on
- refuse transmission
- scissor out
- supervise communications
- shorten
- summarize
- curtail
- compress
- thicken
- trim
- abbreviate
- reduce
- snip
- digest
- compact
- cut
- sum
- inventory
- precipitate
- shrink
- solidify
- concentrate
- coagulate
- encapsulate
- edit
- contract
- chop
- epitomize
- constrict
- cut down
- précis
- synopsize
- telescope
- decoct
- summate
- boil down
- densen
- press together
- put in a nutshell
- wipe out
- annul
- expunge
- edit
- omit
- eliminate
- destroy
- black out
- exclude
- cut out
- efface
- trim
- obliterate
- decontaminate
- rub
- drop
- squash
- snip
- squelch
- sterilize
- cut
- sanitize
- clean
- cancel
- rub out
- rule out
- strike out
- cross out
- bleep
- blue-pencil
- X-out
- blot out
- clean up
- pass up
- rearrange
- compose
- prepare
- arrange
- censor
- choose
- publish
- compile
- annotate
- adapt
- assemble
- analyze
- select
- alter
- revise
- delete
- trim
- rehash
- excise
- rectify
- feature
- polish
- regulate
- check
- style
- cut
- doctor
- fine-tune
- condense
- butcher
- emend
- rephrase
- draft
- correct
- tighten
- finish
- scrub
- prescribe
- report
- amplify
- discard
- proofread
- assign
- massage
- go over
- make up
- put together
- set up
- strike out
- redact
- blue-pencil
- boil down
- fly speck
- recalibrate
- write over
- expunge
- edit
- obliterate
- eliminate
- fade
- cancel
- destroy
- delete
- rub out
- wipe out
- blue-pencil
- blot out
- cross out
- scratch out
- white out
- wipe out
- expunge
- obliterate
- abolish
- eliminate
- negate
- delete
- efface
- trim
- cut
- excise
- blank
- dispatch
- nullify
- strike
- blot
- kill
- extirpate
- withdraw
- gut
- cancel
- launder
- annul
- black out
- cut out
- stamp out
- strike out
- X-out
- cross out
- disannul
- scratch out
- take out
- expunge
- edit
- exterminate
- stamp out
- black out
- cut out
- eradicate
- trim
- cut
- gut
- elide
- launder
- erase
- extirpate
- slash
- amputate
- strike
- destroy
- extract
- cut off
- cut up
- knock off
- wipe out
- cross out
- resect
- X out
- blot out
- exscind
- exsect
- lop off
- scissor out
- scratch out
- wipe out
- annul
- exterminate
- omit
- abolish
- erase
- extinguish
- delete
- eradicate
- efface
- trim
- cut
- scrub
- annihilate
- drop
- remove
- discard
- launder
- kill
- extirpate
- gut
- cancel
- exclude
- raze
- zap
- black
- black out
- call off
- knock off
- strike out
- kayo
- KO
- X out
- blot out
- call all bets off
- take out
- decontaminate
- scrub
- screen
- purify
- squash
- purge
- sterilize
- bowdlerize
- sanitize
- lustrate
- cleanse
- blip
- bleep
- bleep out
- clean up
- curtail
- abbreviate
- truncate
- trim
- snip
- cut
- clip
- lessen
- abstract
- reduce
- condense
- contract
- downsize
- restrict
- concentrate
- decrease
- slash
- diminish
- limit
- summarize
- narrow
- chop
- digest
- compress
- put in nutshell
Meet Grammar Coach
Improve Your Writing 
antonyms for blue pencil
MOST RELEVANT
- pass
- save
- help
- let go
- free
- support
- establish
- enact
- allow
- keep
- approve
- sanctify
- affirm
- assist
- aid
- release
- revive
- set up
- schedule
- legalize
- institute
- sanction
- ratify
- validate
- permit
- keep
- save
- leave alone
- start
- initiate
- begin
- fix
- add
- bear
- help
- build
- construct
- set up
- schedule
- assist
- aid
- revive
- create
- endorse
- allow
- approve
- neglect
- expand
- let go
- put in
- add
- sanction
- dirty
- permit
- praise
- ignore
- enlarge
- release
- let go
- free
- fill
- add
- strengthen
- raise
- develop
- expand
- extend
- release
- stretch
- grow
- enlarge
- lengthen
- increase
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use blue pencil in a sentence
In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLMary is fair as the morning dew— Cheeks of roses and ribbons of blue!
BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUSHis nose was hooked and rather large, his eyes were blue, bright as steel, and set a trifle wide.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIA little boy aged two years and four months was deprived of a pencil from Thursday to Sunday for scribbling on the wall-paper.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYAnd sure enough when Sunday came, and the pencil was restored to him, he promptly showed nurse his picture.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYThe most promising of the methods which have been devised are cryoscopy, the methylene-blue test, and the phloridzin test.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDHe said no more in words, but his little blue eyes had an eloquence that left nothing to mere speech.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIHis hat was pushed back from his forehead, the collar of his blue flannel shirt was open.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENHer worn-out blue petticoat is lighted up by a moonbeam; in her hand she appears to have a hoe.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTTheir heads might have been turned upside-down, so absolutely did they tread upon blue ether.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINWORDS RELATED TO BLUE PENCIL
- abbreviate
- blue pencil
- boil down
- chop
- coagulate
- compact
- compress
- concentrate
- constrict
- contract
- curtail
- cut
- cut down
- decoct
- densen
- digest
- edit
- encapsulate
- epitomize
- inventory
- precipitate
- press together
- précis
- put in a nutshell
- reduce
- shorten
- shrink
- snip
- solidify
- sum
- summarize
- summate
- synopsize
- telescope
- thicken
- trim
- abbreviating
- blue pencil
- boiling down
- chopping
- coagulating
- compacting
- compressing
- concentrating
- constricting
- contracting
- curtailing
- cutting
- cutting down
- decocting
- densening
- digesting
- editing
- encapsulating
- epitomizing
- inventorying
- precipitating
- pressing together
- préciing
- putting in a nutshell
- reducing
- shortening
- shrinking
- snipping
- solidifying
- summarizing
- summating
- summing
- synopsizing
- telescoping
- thickening
- trimming
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.