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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made smaller |
| Synonyms: | abbreviated, abridged, compressed, concentrated, condensed, contracted, cut down, decreased, diminished, downsized, economized, lessened, miniaturized, scaled down, shortened, shrunk, subtracted |
| Antonyms: | enlarged, increased, spread, stretched |
| Main Entry: | reduced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made orderly |
| Synonyms: | classified, controlled, formulated, ordered, organized, regulated, standardized, systematized, unified |
| Main Entry: | reduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make less; decrease |
| Synonyms: | abate, abridge, bankrupt, bant, break, cheapen, chop, clip, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, debase, deflate, depreciate, depress, diet, dilute, diminish, discount, drain, dwindle, go on a diet, impair, impoverish, lessen, lose weight, lower, mark down, moderate, nutshell, pare, pauperize, rebate, recede, roll back, ruin, scale down, shave, shorten, slash, slim, slow down, step down, take off weight, taper, taper off, tone down, trim, truncate, turn down, weaken, 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, beat down, break, bring, conquer, cripple, crush, disable, drive, enfeeble, force, master, overcome, overpower, ruin, subdue, subjugate, undermine, vanquish, weaken |
| Notes: | reduce means to cut down on; minimize means to make small or insignificant or represent as less important |
| Antonyms: | win |
| Main Entry: | reduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | humble, humiliate |
| Synonyms: | abase, break, bring low, bump*, bust, declass, degrade, demerit, demote, disgrade, disrate, downgrade, lower, take down a peg |
| Notes: | reduce means to cut down on; minimize means to make small or insignificant or represent as less important |
| Antonyms: | invigorate, raise, strengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cheap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexpensive |
| Synonyms: | at a bargain, bargain, bargain-basement, bargain-counter, bought for a song, budget, buy, cheapo, competitive, cost next to nothing, cut-price, cut-rate, depreciated, dime a dozen, easy on the pocketbook, economical, half-priced, irregular, low tariff, low-cost, low-priced, lowered, marked down, moderate, nominal, on sale, popularly priced, real buy, reasonable, reduced, sale, slashed, standard, steal, uncostly, undear, utility, worth the money |
| Notes: | cheap means relatively low in price or charging low prices, tastelessly showy, or of very poor quality while cheep is the short weak cry of a young bird, a chirp |
| Antonyms: | costly, dear, expensive |
| Main Entry: | depleted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | consumed, exhausted |
| Synonyms: | all in, bare, bleary, collapsed, decreased, depreciated, destitute, devoid of, drained, effete, emptied, far-gone, in want, kaput, lessened, out of, pooped out, reduced, sapped, short of, sold, sold out, spent, sucked out, used, used up, vacant, washed out, wasted, weakened, without resources, worn, worn out |
| Antonyms: | augmented, enlarged, increased, unconsumed, unused |
| Main Entry: | diluted/dilute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinned, weakened |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, attenuated, cut, impaired, impoverished, laced, light, moderated, reduced, shaved, spiked, tempered, washy, watered down, waterish, watery, wishy-washy |
| Antonyms: | concentrated, strengthened, thickened |
| Main Entry: | economical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexpensive |
| Synonyms: | bought for a song, cheap, cost next to nothing, cost nothing, cut rate, dime a dozen, dirt cheap, dog cheap, fair, low, low tariff, low-priced, marked down, moderate, modest, on sale, quite a buy, reasonable, reduced, sound, steal* |
| Notes: | economic means 'pertaining to the production and use of income' and economical is 'avoiding waste, being careful of resources' |
| Antonyms: | expensive, uneconomical, unreasonable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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