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| 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 |
| 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: | reduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat |
| Synonyms: | bear down, break, bring, conquer, cripple, crush, disable, drive, enfeeble, force, master, overcome, overpower, ruin, subdue, subjugate, undermine, vanquish, weaken, beat down |
| Antonyms: | win |
| Main Entry: | reduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | humble, humiliate |
| Synonyms: | abase, break, bump*, bust*, degrade, demerit, demote, downgrade, lower, bring low, declass, disgrade, disrate, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | invigorate, raise, strengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprive of self-esteem, confidence |
| Synonyms: | belittle, debase, degrade, demean, diminish, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, mortify, reduce, shame |
| Antonyms: | cherish, dignify, exalt, extol, honor, respect |
| Main Entry: | abate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lessen, grow or cause to grow less |
| Synonyms: | allay, chill out*, coast*, cool, decline, decrease, diminish, dull, dwindle, ebb, let up, moderate, quell, recede, reduce, slacken, slow, subdue, subside, taper, wane, cool it, go with the flow, hang easy, hang loose, lay back, let go, let it all hang out, mellow out, take it easy, taper off, unlax |
| Antonyms: | amplify, enhance, enlarge, extend, increase, intensify, magnify, prolong, revive, rise |
* = 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: | cheapen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish worth |
| Synonyms: | abase, belittle, corrupt, damage, debase, decline, decry, degrade, demean, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, devalue, discredit, disparage, downgrade, drop, fall, lower, mar, minimize, reduce, ruin, spoil, undervalue, write off, beat down, lose value, mark down, render worthless |
| Antonyms: | appreciate, enhance, increase, raise, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | come down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | worsen |
| Synonyms: | decline, decrease, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, fail, fall, reduce, suffer, go downhill |
| Antonyms: | boost, improve |
| 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: | 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: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
| Synonyms: | bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, devil, doctor*, fix, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke*, parch, percolate, poach, reduce, roast, ruin*, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, French fry, braise, decoct, deep fry, escallop, fricassee, panfry, parboil, pressure-cook, sauté, warm up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pervert; pollute |
| Synonyms: | abase, abuse, adulterate, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, harm, hurt, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste, animalize, grease palm, ill-treat |
| Antonyms: | better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | crop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, trim off |
| Synonyms: | chop, clip, curtail, detach, disengage, hew, lop, mow, pare, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, slash, snip, top, truncate, detruncate, pollard, skive |
| Main Entry: | curtail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut short; abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, dock, downsize, halt, lessen, lop, reduce, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, boil down, get to meat, minify, pare down, put in nutshell, roll back |
| Antonyms: | extend, increase, lengthen, prolong |
| Main Entry: | deaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, muffle, quiet |
| Synonyms: | abate, alleviate, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken, KO, anesthetize, etherize, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten |
| Antonyms: | animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen |
| 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: | deduct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take away or out; reduce |
| Synonyms: | abstract, allow, cut back, diminish, discount, dock, draw back, knock off, lessen, rebate, reduce, remove, subtract, take, take off, withdraw, write off, bate, decrease by, roll back, take from |
| Antonyms: | add, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | degrade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shame, humiliate |
| Synonyms: | abase, belittle, bench, break, bump, bust, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, decry, degenerate, demean, demote, depose, deprave, derogate, deteriorate, detract, diminish, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downgrade, humble, impair, injure, lessen, lower, pan*, pervert, put down, reduce, rule out, run down*, sink, slam, take down*, tear down*, vitiate, weaken, bemean, cast down, cut down to size, declass, disbar, mudsling, shoot down*, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | admire, approve, elevate, honor, promote, upgrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | downgrade, lower in rank |
| Synonyms: | bench*, break, bump, bust, degrade, demean, demerit, dismiss, hold back, lower, reduce, relegate, set back, declass, disrate, kick downstairs |
| Antonyms: | improve, promote, rate, upgrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deplete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume, exhaust supply |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bleed*, decrease, diminish, drain, draw, empty, evacuate, expend, finish, impoverish, lessen, milk*, reduce, sap, spend, squander, undermine, waste, weaken, dig into, dry up, suck dry, use up, wash up |
| Antonyms: | add, augment, expand, fill, give, increase |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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