What are some alternative words for foreshorten?
Synonyms for foreshorten
fɔrˈʃɔr tn, foʊr-
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Princeton's WordNet
abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce(verb)
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
Synonyms:
sign on, expurgate, skip, ignore, cut off, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, sign, reduce, hack, compress, tailor, quash, disregard, cut back, sign up, turn out, lose weight, slew, rationalise, switch off, castrate, prune, melt off, trim down, scale down, contract, condense, shorten, compact, thin, slim down, geld, rationalize, make out, abridge, constrict, issue, narrow, take, squeeze, bring down, trim, slue, tighten, deoxidise, abbreviate, turn off, keep down, cut, subdue, cut down, dilute, burn, subjugate, get, shrink, edit, edit out, come down, repress, press, write out, thin out, swerve, boil down, snub, slenderize, trend, curve, deoxidize, sheer, concentrate, undertake, veer, decoct, slim, trim backforeshorten(verb)
shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
Synonyms:
contract, shorten, abbreviate, cut, abridge, reduce
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#246 | take | |
#280 | sign | |
#422 | press | |
#604 | issue | |
#848 | edit | |
#1204 | contract | |
#1324 | cut | |
#1838 | skip | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#3048 | compact | |
#3889 | narrow | |
#4349 | thin | |
#4405 | trend | |
#4719 | ignore | |
#4915 | burn | |
#5714 | curve | |
#5998 | trim | |
#6310 | slim | |
#8269 | sheer | |
#8412 | hack | |
#9196 | concentrate | |
#9347 | undertake | |
#13161 | shrink | |
#13461 | tailor | |
#13787 | squeeze | |
#18414 | disregard | |
#19529 | compress | |
#21844 | tighten | |
#22194 | slew | |
#26128 | shorten | |
#28687 | dilute | |
#29637 | geld | |
#32728 | prune | |
#40610 | veer | |
#43009 | rationalize | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#56041 | repress | |
#58771 | snub | |
#60459 | condense | |
#60871 | swerve | |
#66240 | quash | |
#82163 | abbreviate | |
#94999 | rationalise | |
#101576 | abridge | |
#108267 | constrict | |
#116275 | subjugate | |
#167240 | castrate |
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