| Main Entry: | cutback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decrease |
Synonyms: |
abatement, belt-tightening, curtailment, decline, decrement, economy, lessening, lowering, reduction, reversal |
Antonyms: |
increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reduction, diminution |
Synonyms: |
cutback, decrease, decrement, downsize, economy, fall, lessening, lowering, reduction, saving |
Antonyms: |
increase |
| Main Entry: | decrease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | diminishing, lessening |
Synonyms: |
abatement, compression, condensation, constriction, contraction, cutback, decline, declining, decrescence, depression, diminution, discount, downturn, dwindling, ebb, falling off, loss, reduction, shrinkage, striction, subsidence, waning |
Antonyms: |
addition, development, enlargement, expansion, growth, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | diminution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lessening, reduction |
Synonyms: |
abatement, alleviation, contraction, curtailment, cut, cutback, decay, decline, decrease, deduction, retrenchment, weakening |
Antonyms: |
development, enlargement, expansion, growth, increase |
| Main Entry: | economy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saving, frugality |
Synonyms: |
abridgement, austerity, care, carefulness, caution, curtailment, cutback, decrease, deduction, direction, discretion, husbandry, layoff, meanness, miserliness, moratorium, niggardliness, parcity, parsimony, providence, prudence, recession, reduction, regulation, restraint, retrenchment, rollback, scrimping, shrinkage, skimping, sparingness, stinginess, supervision, thrift, thriftiness |
Antonyms: |
spending, squandering |
| Main Entry: | layoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismissal from job or responsibility |
Synonyms: |
cutback, discharge, early retirement, respite, unemployment |
Antonyms: |
employment, hiring |
| Main Entry: | curtailment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decrease |
Synonyms: |
abbreviation, condensation, cutback, reduction |
| Main Entry: | reduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decline |
Synonyms: |
abatement, attrition, conquest, contraction, curtailment, cut, cutback, debasement, decrement, degradation, devaluation, diminution, discount, downgrading, markdown, minimization, overthrow, rebate, shrinkage, subdual, subjection, subjugation, subtraction |
Antonyms: |
enlargement, increase |
| Main Entry: | decrement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decrease |
Synonyms: |
abatement, curtailment, cutback, decline, diminishment, diminution, lessening, reduction, slowdown, subtraction |
| Main Entry: | thriftiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | economy |
Synonyms: |
abridgement, austerity, care, carefulness, caution, curtailment, cutback, decrease, deduction, direction, discretion, frugality, husbandry, layoff, meanness, miserliness, moratorium, niggardliness, parcity, parsimony, providence, prudence, recession, reduction, regulation, restraint, retrenchment, rollback, scrimping, shrinkage, skimping, sparingness, stinginess, supervision, thrift |