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remover

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɹɪˈmuːvə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ɹɪˈmuːvɚ/
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 M UW1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Agent noun of remove; one who, or that which, removes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: agent, form-of

Examples

  • We had to take my little brother to the hospital when he swallowed some of my sister's nail-polish remover.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An agitator.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who works for a company that moves furniture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mover

4

noun

Meaning 4

a solvent that removes a substance (usually from a surface)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • paint remover
  • rust remover
  • hair remover

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh1éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Proto-Italic *wremoweō Latin removeō Old French removoir Anglo-Norman removerbor. Middle English removen English remove Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English remover From remove + -er.