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| Main Entry: | abridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abstract, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, reduce, restrict, slash, snip*, summarize, trim, truncate, blue pencil, put in nutshell |
| Antonyms: | add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brief |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inform of facts |
| Synonyms: | abridge, advise, apprise, edify, enlighten, epitomize, explain, fill in, inform, initiate, instruct, orient, prepare, prime, recapitulate, summarize, update, give rundown, give the lowdown, let in on, show the lay of the land, show the ropes, tip off |
| Antonyms: | hide, secret |
| Main Entry: | censor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forbid; ban; selectively remove |
| Synonyms: | abridge, black out*, blacklist, bleach, conceal, control, cork*, criticize, cut, decontaminate, delete, edit, examine, excise, expurgate, inspect, launder*, narrow, oversee, purge, purify, repress, restrain, restrict, review, revile, sanitize, squelch, sterilize, strike out, suppress, withhold, bleep, blue-pencil*, bowdlerize, clean up, drop the iron curtain, exscind, prevent publication, put the lid on, refuse transmission, scissor out, supervise communications |
| Notes: | to censor is to disallow portions or the entireties of books, plays, etc. on the grounds that they transgress propriety, 'to scrutinize, revise, or cut,' expurgate or suppress; to censure is to criticize vehemently or harshly, or condemn |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, endorse, permit, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assemble, accumulate |
| Synonyms: | abridge, amass, arrange, assemble, collate, collect, collocate, compose, concentrate, congregate, consolidate, cull, edit, garner, gather, get together, glean, group, marshal, muster, organize, put together, recapitulate, unite, anthologize, bring together, colligate, draw together, heap up |
| Antonyms: | disassemble, disperse, scatter, separate |
| Main Entry: | compress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compact, condense |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bind, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, epitomize, narrow, pack, press, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, tighten, wedge, wrap, boil down, densen, densify, force into space, make brief, press together, syncopate, telescope |
| Antonyms: | blow up, expand, extend, fill, increase, loosen, stretch, uncompress, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | cut short |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop earlier than intended |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abort, abridge, break off, check, checkmate, clip, curtail, diminish, end, finish, freeze, halt, hinder, intercept, interrupt, postpone, quit, shorten, stop, terminate, break short, bring to an end; leave unfinished, put a stop to, stop cold, stop dead, stop short |
| Antonyms: | continue, lengthen, prolong |
| Main Entry: | lessen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower, reduce |
| Synonyms: | abate, abridge, amputate, attenuate, clip, close, contract, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, decline, decrease, degrade, dilute, diminish, downsize, drain, dwindle, ease, erode, impair, lighten, minimize, mitigate, moderate, narrow, shrink, slacken, soft-pedal*, taper, thin, truncate, weaken, become smaller, de-escalate, die down, grow less, minify, roll back, slack up, slow down, take the bite out, take the edge off, take the sting out, taper off, wind down |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, extend, increase, raise, strengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shorten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, decrease |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, bob, chop, clip, compress, condense, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, edit, elide, excerpt, lessen, lop, minimize, reduce, retrench, shrink, slash, snip, trim, blue pencil, boil down*, cut to the bone, make a long story short, put in a nutshell |
| Antonyms: | amplify, elongate, enlarge, grow, increase, lengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make easy, intelligible |
| Synonyms: | abridge, analyze, chasten, clarify, clear up, cut down, decipher, disentangle, elucidate, explain, facilitate, interpret, lay out, order, reduce, shorten, spell out, boil down, break down, break it down, clean it up, clean up, cut the frills, disinvolve, draw a picture, get down to basics, get to the meat, hit the high spots, let daylight in, let sunlight in, make clear, make perfectly clear, make plain, put in a nutshell, put one straight, streamline, unscramble |
| Antonyms: | complicate, confuse, make difficult |
| Main Entry: | summarize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a rundown |
| Synonyms: | abridge, abstract, cipher, compile, condense, cut, cut back, cut down, digest, encapsulate, epitomize, inventory, outline, pare, précis, prune*, recapitulate, rehash*, retrograde, review, run down*, run through*, shorten, skim, snip, sum, sum up, trim, boil down*, get to meat, give main points, put in a nutshell, recap, summate, synopsize |
| Antonyms: | break down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | truncate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut off, cut short, lop, pare, prune, shear, top, trim |
| Antonyms: | elongate, expand, lengthen, stretch |
| Main Entry: | cut back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | economize |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, check, clip, curb, curtail, cut, cut down, decrease, lessen, lower, pare, prune, reduce, retrench, shave, shorten, slash, trim, mark down, mark off |
| Antonyms: | spend, squander, waste |
| Main Entry: | abbreviate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abridge, abstract, clip, compress, condense, contract, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut out, digest, encapsulate, pare, prune, reduce, summarize, trim, boil down*, get to the meat, put in a nutshell, take out |
| Antonyms: | amplify, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condense |
| Synonyms: | abate, abbreviate, abridge, clench, compress, confine, constrict, consume, curtail, decline, decrease, deflate, dwindle, ebb, edit, epitomize, evaporate, fall off, lessen, lose, narrow, omit, purse, recede, reduce, shrink, shrivel, subside, take in, tighten, wane, waste, weaken, wither, wrinkle, become smaller, draw in, fall away, grow less, syncopate |
| Antonyms: | amplify, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen, spread, stretch |
| Main Entry: | reduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make less; decrease |
| Synonyms: | abate, abridge, bankrupt, break, cheapen, chop, clip, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, debase, deflate, depreciate, depress, diet, dilute, diminish, discount, drain, dwindle, impair, impoverish, lessen, lower, moderate, pare, rebate, recede, ruin, shave, shorten, slash, slim, step down, taper, tone down, trim, truncate, turn down, weaken, bant, go on a diet, lose weight, mark down, nutshell, pauperize, roll back, scale down, slow down, take off weight, taper off, wind down |
| Antonyms: | expand, extend, grow, increase, raise, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | abstract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare short document from longer one |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, condense, digest, outline, review, shorten, summarize |
| Antonyms: | complete, expand, insert, lengthen, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | encapsulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | epitomize |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, condense, cut, digest, précis, shorten, sum up, summarize, capsulize, synopsize |
| Main Entry: | epitomize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encapsulate |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, compress, condense, contract, cut, digest, reduce, shorten, sum up, summarize, capsulize, synopsize |
| Main Entry: | extract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select a quotation |
| Synonyms: | abridge, abstract, choose, cite, condense, copy, cull, cut out, deduce, derive, educe, elicit, evolve, excerpt, glean, quote, shorten, bring forth |
| Antonyms: | insert, edit in |
| Main Entry: | slash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce greatly |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, clip, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, drop, hack, lower, pare, retrench, shave, shorten, mark down |
| Antonyms: | increase, raise |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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