omit

Meaning

1. To leave out or exclude.
2. To fail to perform.
3. To delete or remove; to strike.
4. To neglect or take no notice of.

Synonyms

leave out

neglect

miss

overlook

exclude

skip

delete

except

forget

drop

pass over

leave off

economize

take out

avoid

abandon

miss out

leave behind

refrain from

pretermit

reject

fail

leave

skip over

renounce

abbreviate

curtail

cut out

deduct

desert

🏜️

elide

eliminate

end

🔚

extract

ignore

omission

overleap

pass

province

save

shun

spare

subtract

take away

transgress

leave a space

be remiss

make an exception of

discount

discontinue

run away from

ostracize

slur over

discard

overtake

slip one’s memory

pass along

pass off

disallow

cast off

forget to mention

provincial

push aside

quit

cast away

relinquish

remove

bypass

run away

leave unspoken

examine oneself

skimp

abstain from

slip off

overslaugh

step over

strike out

strip

scratch that

surpass

not take account of

take off

abstain

throw out

absent

leave out of

understand

unplug

violate

escape from

jump over

leave undone

let fall

make disappear

abridge

expel

evade

give up

gloss over

go by

abate

eject

economise

economical

draw out

left behind

left out

let alone

lose

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əʊˈmɪt/

Etymology

At least by 1422, from late Middle English omitten, borrowed from Latin omittō (“to let go”), from ob- + mittō (“to send”), but also had the connotations “to fail to perform” and “to neglect”.