Synonyms for réduction
rɪˈdʌk ʃənréduc·tion

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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

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1. reduction

   Synonyms:
   diminution, contraction, decrease, abatement

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1. decrease, diminution, reduction, step-downnoun

   the act of decreasing or reducing something

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

3. reduction, simplificationnoun

   the act of reducing complexity

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

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Chemical Reaction

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1. reductionnoun

   Synonyms:
   conversion, resolution, transmutation

2. reductionnoun

   Synonyms:
   diminution, contraction, decrease, abridgment, lessening, retrenchment, abatement, decrement, curtailment, lowering

3. reductionnoun

   Synonyms:
   depression, detrusion, abasement, lowering

4. reductionnoun

   Synonyms:
   subjugation, conquest, mastery, subdual, victory over

5. reductionnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Math.) resolution, solution

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1. reductionnoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "reduction":

   reduce, reducing, decrease, reduced, reductions, alleviation, abatement, decline, cut, downsizing, mitigation, drawdown, lowering, fight, réduction, drop, cutting, curtailment, struggle, narrowing, minimization, diminution, cuts, shortening, fall, lower, relief, decreased, decreasing, shrinking, reduces, markdown, rundown, cutback, control, lessening, attenuation, limitation, minimizing, discount

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1. President Biden:

   I am considering dealing with some debt reduction. I am not considering $ 50,000 debt reduction, but I'm in the process of taking a hard look at whether or not there are going -- there will be additional debt forgiveness, and I'll have an answer on that in the next couple of weeks.

2. Chief Executive Officer Tidjane Thiam:

   I have asked the board of directors for a significant reduction in my bonus, within the management team, the cut is greatest in my case. I cannot demand sacrifices from others and not make any myself.

3. Susan Ralston:

   There are plenty of examples where they take productive cropland out of farming production and then they masquerade these projects, not only is it not available for growing crops anymore, but now you've endangered the environment because of stormwater erosion and you're cutting down trees. If your goal is to help with the reduction of CO2 in the atmosphere, cutting down trees isn't green.

4. Paris Xie:

   Our emission reduction targets were under discussion for two years, we had learned those new figures during the process and already factored them in.

5. Parker Banks:

   It definitely puts a strain on the system, on an already-strained system, right now, we have probably a 40 % reduction in staff currently, today, due to Covid or Covid exposure. With that, everybody else here has to pick up a significant amount.