Related Searches
Nearby Words
Related Questions
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decrease |
| Synonyms: | abatement, belt-tightening, curtailment, decline, decrement, economy, lessening, lowering, reduction, reversal |
| Antonyms: | increase, raise |
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
