Antonyms for reduction
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1. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   increase, promotion, expansion, elevation, oxidation

2. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   oxidation, promotion, increase, expansion, elevation

3. reductionnoun

   A 5% reduction in robberies

   Antonyms:
   expansion, elevation, promotion, oxidation, increase

4. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   promotion, elevation, oxidation, expansion, increase

5. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   elevation, oxidation, increase, promotion, expansion

6. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   promotion, elevation, increase, expansion, oxidation

7. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   promotion, expansion, elevation, oxidation, increase

8. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   expansion, oxidation, promotion, elevation, increase

9. reductionnoun

   Antonyms:
   increase, oxidation, elevation, promotion, expansion

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reduction

   Synonyms:
   diminution, contraction, decrease, abatement

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Chemical Reaction

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. decrease, diminution, reduction, step-downnoun

   the act of decreasing or reducing something

   Synonyms:
   reducing, lessening, simplification, decrease, decrement, drop-off, step-down, decline, diminution

2. reduction, reducingnoun

   any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

   Synonyms:
   simplification, decrease, reducing, step-down, diminution

3. reduction, simplificationnoun

   the act of reducing complexity

   Synonyms:
   simplification, decrease, reducing, step-down, diminution

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1. reductionnoun

   Synonyms:
   diminution, abatement, minimization, decrement, debasement, subjugation, subjection, conquest, subdual, overthrow

How to use reduction in a sentence?

1. Penny Ward:

   It is however encouraging that the overall proportion of cases with persistent symptoms is reduced in patients that were previously fully vaccinated, which taken together with the milder overall illness and reduction in need for hospital care demonstrates the additional worth of vaccination in reducing severity of illness for individuals.

2. Roy Silverstein:

   The risk reduction may be statistically significant, but it is a small change in actual risk. Roy Silverstein never would tell somebody who was Type O that they were at smaller risk of infection.

3. President Dilma Rousseff:

   Brazil is one of a few developing countries to commit to an absolute emissions reduction target, we have one of the world's largest populations and GDP, and our targets are as ambitious or more ambitious than those of developed countries.

4. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders:

   So is deficit reduction important? Of course, it is.

5. Douglas Wiebe:

   What that translates to is about a 69 % reduction in the rate of concussion.

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