| Main Entry: | diet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abstain from food |
Synonyms: |
count calories, eat sparingly, fall off, fast, go without, lose weight, reduce, skinny down, slim, slim down, starve, tighten belt, watch weight |
Antonyms: |
gorge, indulge |
| Main Entry: | fast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go without food |
Synonyms: |
abstain, deny oneself, diet, famish, forbear, go hungry, not eat, refrain, starve |
Antonyms: |
eat, glut, gorge, stuff |
| Main Entry: | reduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make less; decrease |
Synonyms: |
abate, abridge, bankrupt, bant, break, cheapen, chop, clip, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, debase, deflate, depreciate, depress, diet, dilute, diminish, discount, drain, dwindle, go on a diet, impair, impoverish, lessen, lose weight, lower, mark down, moderate, nutshell, pare, pauperize, rebate, recede, roll back, ruin, scale down, shave, shorten, slash, slim, slow down, step down, take off weight, taper, taper off, tone down, trim, truncate, turn down, weaken, wind down |
| Notes: | reduce means to cut down on; minimize means to make small or insignificant or represent as less important |
Antonyms: |
expand, extend, grow, increase, raise, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | slim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose weight |
Synonyms: |
diet, reduce, slenderize |
Antonyms: |
gain |
| Main Entry: | calorie counting |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | watching one's calories |
Synonyms: |
dieting, fasting, food abstinence, regimen, watching one's weight, weight-watching |
| Main Entry: | watching one's weight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weight-loss attempt |
Synonyms: |
calorie counting, dieting, fasting, food abstinence, regimen, watching one's calories, weight-watching |
| Main Entry: | reducing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lowering |
Synonyms: |
abbreviating, compressing, condensing, contracting, contraction, cutting down, decreasing, dieting, diminishing, discounting, downsizing, lessening, marking down, paring down, reduction, shortening, shrinking |