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| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incision |
| Synonyms: | chip, chop, cleavage, cleft, dissection, fissure, furrow, gash, graze, groove, intersection, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, passage, penetration, pierce, prick, rent, rip, sculpture, section, shave, slash, slit, slot, snip, stab, stroke, trench, trim, wound, carving, kerf, rabbet, scarification |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise |
| Synonyms: | amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, dice, dispatch, dissect, divide, facet, fell, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, raze, reap, rend, rip, saber, score, separate, shave, shear, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip, chine, decussate, dissever, flitch, lay open, mow down, rabbet, rive, saw, scarify, scissor, scythe, sickle, skive |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reduction, diminution |
| Synonyms: | cutback, decrease, downsize, economy, fall, lessening, lowering, reduction, saving, decrement |
| Antonyms: | increase |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of profit |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, bite, chop*, division, kickback*, lot, member, moiety, part, percentage, piece, quota, section, segment, share, slice, partage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | style, shape of clothing |
| Synonyms: | configuration, construction, fashion, figure, form, look, mode |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult |
| Synonyms: | abuse, indignity, offense, hateful remark |
| Antonyms: | compliment, nicety, praise |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type, kind |
| Synonyms: | cast, description, feather, ilk, lot, mold, sort, stamp |
| 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: | 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: | absence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of not being present |
| Synonyms: | French leave*, absenteeism, cut*, vacancy, AWOL, hooky, no show, nonappearance, nonattendance, truancy |
| Antonyms: | existence, presence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adulterate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter or debase, often for profit |
| Synonyms: | alloy, amalgamate, attenuate, blend, cheapen, commingle, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut*, defile, degrade, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor*, falsify, impair, infiltrate, irrigate, lace*, mingle, mix, plant*, pollute, shave*, spike*, taint, thin, vitiate, water down, weaken, denature, doctor up, intermix, make impure, phony up, transfuse |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clean, cleanse, distill, filter, free, purify, refine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign; divide among |
| Synonyms: | allot, apportion, appropriate, budget, cut, designate, dish out*, earmark, give, mete, share, slice, admeasure, divvy, set aside |
| Notes: | to allocate something is to set it aside for a specific purpose; to allot something is to give it with an implied restriction and an understanding of sharing |
| Antonyms: | keep, keep together |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign; give portion |
| Synonyms: | allocate, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, budget, cut, designate, distribute, dole, earmark, mete, share, shell out*, slice, split up, admeasure, cut the pie, divvy, set aside |
| Antonyms: | disallow, keep, retain, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allotment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion assigned or given |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allowance, apportionment, appropriation, bite, chunk, cut, end, grant, lot, measure, part, piece, quota, ration, share, slice, split, stint*, cut of pie, piece of the action, rake off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage, annuity, remittance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discount; concession |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, admission, advantage, cut, deduction, rebate, reduction, sanction, sufferance, toleration |
| Main Entry: | aperture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole |
| Synonyms: | breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cut, eye, fissure, gap, gash, interstice, opening, orifice, outlet, passage, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent, perforation, pinhole |
| Main Entry: | apportion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide into shares |
| Synonyms: | accord, administer, allocate, allot, assign, bestow, cut, cut up, deal, dispense, distribute, divvy up, dole out, give, lot, measure, mete, parcel, part, partition, prorate, ration, slice, split, split up, admeasure, divvy, piece up |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, monopolize, withhold |
| Main Entry: | ax/axe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut with large blade |
| Synonyms: | chop, cut, cut down, fell, hew |
| Main Entry: | barb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pointed comment |
| Synonyms: | affront, criticism, cut, dig, gibe, insult, rebuff, sarcasm, scoff, sneer |
| Antonyms: | kindness, praise |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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