Delete and Insert

Opposite meaning words

Delete verb - To show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it.

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Insert is an antonym for delete.

Nearby Words: deletion, deleted, deleting, deleter

Insert verb - To put among or between others.

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Delete is an antonym for insert in enter topic.

Nearby Words: inserted, inset, insertion, inserting, inserter

people	delete people	insert people
game	delete game	insert game
words	delete words	insert words
code	delete code	insert code
Other words: history, messages, comments.

If you know of an appropriate index, just insert the trope into the index page, check that the nav bar is showing on the trope page, delete the message, and delete the trope from this page.

Source: Administrivia / Needs an Index
Up to this day, keyboards, especially compact keyboards, utilize all this pesky unused space above the arrow keys by placing power control buttons... where Print Screen, Insert or Delete button would usually go.

Source: Inventional Wisdom
In Perfection Is Overrated, Meiko has the power to insert fake memories in addition to her ability to delete old ones, and uses this to convince Mai and everyone else in Fuuka Academy to think they knew her and Bachiko.

Source: Fake Memories

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Insert and Delete. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/delete/insert

Delete & Insert. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/delete/insert>.

Insert or Delete. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/delete/insert.

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