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cut down - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | cut down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fell |
| Synonyms: | dispatch, hew, kill, level, lop, massacre, mow, raze, slaughter, slay, mow down |
| Antonyms: | plant |
| Main Entry: | bring down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce or hurt |
| Synonyms: | abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, floor, injure, level, lower, murder*, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, slay*, tumble, undermine, upset, wound, KO, knock down, lay low, mow down, shoot down, throw down |
| Antonyms: | aid, encourage, help, raise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | condense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, chop, coagulate, compact, compress, concentrate, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, cut down, digest, edit, encapsulate, epitomize, inventory, précis, precipitate, reduce, shorten, shrink, snip, solidify, sum, summarize, thicken, trim, blue pencil, boil down, decoct, densen, press together, put in a nutshell, summate, synopsize, telescope |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, expand, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | decrease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow less or make less |
| Synonyms: | abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lower, modify, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slacken, slash, slump, soften, subside, wane, waste, weaken, wear down, wither, devaluate, die down, dry up, lose edge, narrow down, run low, slack off, slow down, tail off, wear away |
| Antonyms: | add, develop, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | distill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pure; draw out something |
| Synonyms: | brew, clarify, concentrate, condense, cook, cut, cut down, dribble, drip, drop, evaporate, express, extract, ferment, infuse, precipitate, press, purify, rectify, refine, steam, sublimate, trickle, trim, vaporize, boil down, cut to the bone, get to the meat, press out, rarefy, squeeze out, volatilize |
| Antonyms: | dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | doomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | condemned, hopeless |
| Synonyms: | bewitched, cursed, cut down, damned, destroyed, done, done for*, fated, fey, ill-fated, kiss of death*, lost, luckless, overthrown, overwhelmed, que sera sera*, reprobate, ruined, star-crossed, threatened, undone, unfortunate, wrecked, bedeviled, convicted, dead duck, foreordained, ill-omened, in the cards, menaced, predestined, sentenced, sunk, suppressed, thrown down, unredeemed |
| Antonyms: | hopeful, lucky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | downsize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to decrease in size, especially of a workforce |
| Synonyms: | curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, decrease, deduct, diminish, phase out, reduce, retrench, shrink, step down, trim, phase down, roll back, roll down, scale back, scale down, trim away, tune down |
| Main Entry: | economize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save money |
| Synonyms: | be frugal, be prudent, be sparing, conserve, cut back, cut corners, cut down, keep within means, make ends meet, manage, meet a budget, pay one's way, pinch pennies, retrench, run tight ship, scrimp, shepherd, skimp, stint, stretch a dollar, tighten one's belt |
| Antonyms: | spend, squander, throw away |
| Main Entry: | fell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chop down |
| Synonyms: | bowl over*, bring down, cleave, cut, cut down, dash, demolish, down, drop, flatten, floor*, gash, ground, hack, hew, level, mangle, prostrate, pull down, raze, sever, shoot, slash, split, sunder, tumble, blow down, cause to fall, knock down, knock over, lay low*, mow down, rive, shoot down*, strike down, throw down |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, erect, raise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trim |
| Synonyms: | chop, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, mow, pare, prune, shear, snip, truncate, pare down |
| Main Entry: | pare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peel, trim |
| Synonyms: | carve, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, decrease, dock, flay, knock off, lop, lower, prune, reduce, scrape, shave, shear, skin, slash, strip, thin, uncover, mark down, scalp, skive |
| Antonyms: | cover |
| Main Entry: | shave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut outer covering off |
| Synonyms: | barber, brush, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, graze, kiss, pare, peel, plane, prune, shear, shred, skim, skin, slash, sliver, strip, touch, trim, make bare, shingle, slice thin |
| 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: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, restrict |
| Synonyms: | abate, bog down, brake, check, choke, curb, curtail, cut back, cut down, decelerate, decrease, detain, diminish, handicap, hinder, hold back, hold up, impede, lag, lessen, loiter, mire, moderate, postpone, procrastinate, qualify, quiet, reduce, reef, regulate, relax, retard, set back, slacken, stall, stunt, temper, anchor it, back-water, ease off, ease up, embog, hit the brakes, keep waiting, let down flaps, lose speed, lose steam, reduce speed, rein in, retardate, wind down |
| Antonyms: | advance, forward, push |
| 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: | 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: | retrench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save |
| Synonyms: | conserve, curtail, cut down, economize, reduce, scrimp, trim |
| 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: | ax/axe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut with large blade |
| Synonyms: | chop, cut, cut down, fell, hew |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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