reduce - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

take off weight

Synonyms

• melt off
• reduce
• slenderize
• slim
• slim down
• thin

More generic

• change state
• turn

Opposite / Antonyms

• gain

More specific

• sweat off

Verb

lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

Synonyms

• cut
• dilute
• reduce
• thin
• thin out

More generic

• weaken

More specific

• water down

Verb

narrow or limit

Synonyms

• reduce
• tighten

More generic

• bound
• confine
• limit
• restrict
• throttle
• trammel

Verb

cook until very little liquid is left

Synonyms

• boil down
• concentrate
• reduce

More generic

• decrease
• lessen
• minify

Verb

be cooked until very little liquid is left

Synonyms

• boil down
• concentrate
• decoct
• reduce

More generic

• decrease
• diminish
• fall
• lessen

Verb

be the essential element

Synonyms

• boil down
• come down
• reduce

More generic

• become
• turn

Verb

to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

Synonyms

• deoxidise
• deoxidize
• reduce

More generic

• change

More specific

• benficiate
• pole

Verb

make smaller

Synonyms

• reduce
• scale down

More generic

• reduce
• shrink

Opposite / Antonyms

• blow up

Verb

reduce in size; reduce physically

Synonyms

• reduce
• shrink

More generic

• decrease
• lessen
• minify

More specific

• contract
• depopulate
• desolate
• downsize
• miniaturise
• miniaturize
• reduce
• reef
• scale down

Related

• contract
• shrink

Verb

make less complex

Synonyms

• reduce

More generic

• simplify

More specific

• abbreviate

Verb

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

Synonyms

• abbreviate
• abridge
• contract
• cut
• foreshorten
• reduce
• shorten

More generic

• decrease
• lessen
• minify

More specific

• bowdlerise
• bowdlerize
• castrate
• concentrate
• condense
• digest
• expurgate
• shorten

Related

• cut
• edit
• edit out

Verb

cut down on; make a reduction in

Synonyms

• bring down
• cut
• cut back
• cut down
• reduce
• trim
• trim back
• trim down

More generic

• decrease
• lessen
• minify

More specific

• deflate
• detract
• downsize
• inflate
• knock off
• quench
• retrench
• shave
• shorten
• slash
• spill
• subtract
• take away
• thin
• thin out

Related

• cut

Verb

destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

Synonyms

• reduce

More generic

• de-emphasise
• de-emphasize
• destress

More specific

• obscure

Verb

reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

Synonyms

• reduce

More generic

• reposition

Verb

undergo meiosis

Synonyms

• reduce

More generic

• divide
• part
• separate

Verb

lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

Synonyms

• reduce

More generic

• degrade
• demean
• disgrace
• put down
• take down

Verb

simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

Synonyms

• reduce

More generic

• exchange
• interchange
• replace
• substitute

Verb

lessen and make more modest

Synonyms

• reduce

More generic

• impoverish

Verb

bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

Synonyms

• reduce

More generic

• break
• bump
• demote
• kick downstairs
• relegate

Verb

put down by force or intimidation

Synonyms

• keep down
• quash
• reduce
• repress
• subdue
• subjugate

More generic

• crush
• oppress
• suppress

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