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Except

🔄 Synonyms of "Except"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
demurnoun	(intransitive) Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be reluctant; to balk, to take exception.
omitverb	(transitive) To leave out or exclude.
excludeverb	(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
leave outverb	To omit, to not include, to neglect to mention.
take outverb	To remove.
leave offverb	(informal) To desist; to cease.

↔️ Antonyms of "Except"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
includeverb	To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Except"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
leave outverb	To omit, to not include, to neglect to mention.
omitverb	(transitive) To leave out or exclude.
demurnoun	(intransitive) Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be reluctant; to balk, to take exception.
excludeverb	(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
leave offverb	(informal) To desist; to cease.
take outverb	To remove.
safenoun	Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
separateverb	(transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
immunenoun	(medicine, usually with "to") Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
exemptionnoun	The state of being exempt; immunity.
salvonoun	(military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
absentnoun	(not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing.
absencenoun	A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
butnoun	An instance of using the word "but"; an objection or caveat.
exceptionnoun	The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
onlynoun	Without others or anything further; exclusively.
apart	Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
subjectnoun	The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
notnoun	Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
asidenoun	To or on one side so as to be out of the way.