Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce greatly |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, clip, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, drop, hack, lower, mark down, pare, retrench, shave, shorten |
| Antonyms: | increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove the upper part |
| Synonyms: | amputate, cream, crop, curtail, cut off, decapitate, detruncate, dock, file off, lop off, pare, pollard, prune, ream, scrape off, shave off, shear, shorten, skim, trim, truncate |
| Antonyms: | add, replace |
| Main Entry: | trim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut shorter |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, barber, blue pencil, bob, boil down, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, edit, even up, lop, mow, pare, pare down, plane, prune, put in a nutshell, shave, shear, shorten, slice off, snip, tidy, truncate, whittle down |
| Antonyms: | develop, let grow |
| 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, mark down, mark off, pare, prune, reduce, retrench, shave, shorten, slash, trim |
| Antonyms: | spend, squander, waste |
| Main Entry: | retrench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save |
| Synonyms: | conserve, curtail, cut down, economize, reduce, scrimp, trim |
| Main Entry: | retrench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | economize |
| Synonyms: | abridge, confine, curtail, decrease, delete, diminish, eliminate, lessen, limit, omit, reduce, remove, save, shorten, slash |
| Main Entry: | peter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decrease |
| Synonyms: | abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, devaluate, die down, diminish, drain, droop, drop off, drop*, dry up, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lose edge, lower, modify, narrow down, peter out, quell, quiet, rebate, reduce, restrain, run low, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slack off, slacken, slash, slow down, slump, soften, subside, tail away, tail off, taper, wane, waste, weaken, wear away, wear down, wither |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
ad idem, agreed, benami, conventional, innominate, mediatory, negotiable, nominate, under hand and seal
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