Synonyms for reduce

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1. reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down(verb)

   cut down on; make a reduction in

   "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

   Synonyms:
   clip, cut out, skip, strike down, ignore, cut off, put down, lop, knock down, curtail, turn off, fell, trim, tailor, visit, shave, quash, cut, overthrow, cut back, mow, land, turn out, lose weight, shrink, slew, rationalise, switch off, prune, melt off, trim down, snip, contract, dress, shorten, thin, make out, geld, rationalize, disregard, down, snub, push down, inflict, subvert, slim down, concentrate, garnish, slue, tighten, abbreviate, bring down, pull down, restrict, keep down, hack, impose, flash back, subdue, cut down, deoxidise, burn, subjugate, curb, issue, edit, edit out, come down, repress, let down, foreshorten, dilute, write out, thin out, curve, swerve, get down, scale down, crop, drop, take down, boil down, pare, slenderize, trend, lower, abridge, deoxidize, sheer, slash, veer, overturn, decoct, slim, trim back

   Antonyms:
   put on, enlarge, gain, magnify, blow up

2. reduce(verb)

   make less complex

   "reduce a problem to a single question"

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

   Antonyms:
   magnify, put on, gain, blow up, enlarge

3. reduce(verb)

   bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

   "He reduced the population to slavery"

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

   Antonyms:
   blow up, gain, put on, magnify, enlarge

4. reduce(verb)

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

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

   Antonyms:
   gain, enlarge, magnify, blow up, put on

5. reduce(verb)

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

   "She reduced her niece to a servant"

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

   Antonyms:
   blow up, enlarge, gain, put on, magnify

6. reduce, come down, boil down(verb)

   be the essential element

   "The proposal boils down to a compromise"

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, go down, cut, precipitate, trim back, descend, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, sicken, fall, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

   Antonyms:
   magnify, put on, gain, enlarge, blow up

7. shrink, reduce(verb)

   reduce in size; reduce physically

   "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

   Synonyms:
   wither, bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, quail, trim down, thin out, cut, funk, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut down, flinch, tighten, wince, shrink, shrivel up, abridge, recoil, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, cringe, concentrate, thin, deoxidize, subjugate, dilute, shorten, slim, shrivel, squinch, come down, deoxidise, abbreviate, cut back, keep down, lose weight, repress

   Antonyms:
   gain, enlarge, blow up, magnify, put on

8. reduce(verb)

   lessen and make more modest

   "reduce one's standard of living"

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

   Antonyms:
   magnify, gain, blow up, enlarge, put on

9. reduce, scale down(verb)

   make smaller

   "reduce an image"

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

   Antonyms:
   blow up, enlarge, put on, magnify, gain

10. deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce(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:
    bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, come down, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

    Antonyms:
    gain, magnify, put on, enlarge, blow up

11. reduce, tighten(verb)

    narrow or limit

    "reduce the influx of foreigners"

    Synonyms:
    bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, constrain, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, stiffen, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, fasten, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, tighten up, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

    Antonyms:
    gain, blow up, enlarge, magnify, put on

12. repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce(verb)

    put down by force or intimidation

    "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

    Synonyms:
    chasten, strangle, get over, suppress, concentrate, master, conquer, avoid, quash, slim down, boil down, surmount, scale down, annul, trim down, thin out, inhibit, lose weight, decoct, cut, foreshorten, nullify, abbreviate, trim, slenderize, subject, shorten, deoxidise, crucify, subjugate, cut down, abridge, contract, melt off, subdue, curb, stamp down, invalidate, deoxidize, come down, subordinate, tame, number, mortify, dilute, slim, shrink, smother, thin, bring down, trim back, cut back, overcome, muffle, keep down, stifle, void, repress, tighten

    Antonyms:
    gain, blow up, enlarge, magnify, put on

13. reduce(verb)

    undergo meiosis

    "The cells reduce"

    Synonyms:
    bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

    Antonyms:
    enlarge, blow up, magnify, put on, gain

14. reduce(verb)

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

    Synonyms:
    bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

    Antonyms:
    put on, enlarge, gain, blow up, magnify

15. reduce(verb)

    destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it

    Synonyms:
    bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

    Antonyms:
    magnify, blow up, enlarge, put on, gain

16. 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, foreshorten, ignore, cut off, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, sign, 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 back

    Antonyms:
    magnify, enlarge, put on, gain, blow up

17. boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate(verb)

    be cooked until very little liquid is left

    "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

    Synonyms:
    digest, bring down, decoct, pore, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, cut back, trim down, rivet, thin out, center, focus, centralise, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut down, tighten, subjugate, shrink, abridge, condense, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, centre, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, slim, thin, come down, centralize, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress

    Antonyms:
    magnify, gain, enlarge, put on, blow up

18. reduce, boil down, concentrate(verb)

    cook until very little liquid is left

    "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

    Synonyms:
    digest, bring down, decoct, pore, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, rivet, slim, center, focus, centralise, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, condense, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, centre, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, centralize, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

    Antonyms:
    magnify, blow up, enlarge, put on, gain

19. dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut(verb)

    lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

    "cut bourbon"

    Synonyms:
    veer, bring down, decoct, sheer, slim down, turn off, quash, turn out, boil down, burn, foreshorten, shorten, hack, trim down, slim, prune, edit, snub, debase, cut, rationalize, load, curve, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, cut back, write out, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, skip, abridge, make out, adulterate, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, switch off, concentrate, stretch, thin, deoxidize, come down, dilute, geld, rationalise, slew, disregard, tailor, cut off, slenderize, edit out, slue, issue, deoxidise, abbreviate, trend, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

    Antonyms:
    gain, blow up, enlarge, put on, magnify

20. reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down(verb)

    take off weight

    Synonyms:
    bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, slenderise, thin, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

    Antonyms:
    enlarge, gain, blow up, put on, magnify

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. reduce

   Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.

   Synonyms:
   abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, sink

   Antonyms:
   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. reduce

   Synonyms:
   lessen, diminish, curtail, attenuate, impoverish, narrow, contract, weaken, impair, subdue, subjugate, bring, refer, subject, classify, convert

   Antonyms:
   enlarge, magnify, increase, augment, produce, extend, amplify, broaden, expand, renovate, invigorate, restore, repair, liberate, free, except, dissociate, transform

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. deleveraging

   because deleveraging means to reduce, bring down or pay off something.

   Submitted by anonymous on March 1, 2020  

2. fluctuate

   is it the synonym for fluctuate.

   Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

3. heightend

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. reduce(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   restore, bring back

2. reduce(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   render, form, mould, make, shape, model, remodel, convert into, resolve into, change into, bring into, bring to

3. reduce(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   diminish, contract, lessen, abate, decrease, abridge, curtail, shorten, cut short, cut down, make less

4. reduce(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   depress, debase, lower, weaken, dwarf

5. reduce(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   subdue, conquer, subjugate, overpower, overthrow, vanquish, master, get the better of, get the upper hand of, bring into subjection

6. reduce(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   impoverish, ruin, bring to want, bring to poverty

7. reduce(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   (Math.) solve, resolve

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. reduce(v)

   Synonyms:
   diminish, lower, degrade, minimize, depress, debase, humble, conquer, subdue, vanquish, subjugate, subject

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1. List of paraphrases for "reduce":

   reducing, reduction, decrease, cut, reduced, minimize, mitigate, diminish, reduces, lessen, lower, alleviate, shorten, minimise, curtail, lowering, narrow, limit, decline, curb, ease, restrict, minimizing, shrink, reductions, relieve, narrowing, decreasing, cutting, decreased, lighten, lessening, lowers, alleviation, abate, downsize, alleviating, mitigating

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How to use reduce in a sentence?

1. Brooks Hays:

   Fill your mouth with marbles and make a speech. Every day reduce the number of marbles in your mouth and make a speech. You will soon become an accredited public speaker -- as soon as you have lost all your marbles.

2. Tran Minh Tien:

   I came up with the grass straws as a temporary substitute to plastic straws to reduce part of the damage they cause to the environment.

3. Kristie Ebi:

   As an example, one option to reducing carbon emissions is more extensive use of biofuels. But some research suggests that increasing the land used for biofuels could reduce the amount of land available for agriculture, which could affect food insecurity for the poor, decision-makers should ensure that the options implemented to reduce greenhouse gas emissions do not create new challenges ; all the benefits and harms of a policy should be taken into consideration.

4. Otis Brawley:

   We've done the science. We've proven that it lowers the risk for women at high risk and I don't understand why more people won't take it, we have a large number of women who are undergoing the surgical removal of both breasts to reduce their risk of breast cancer, yet we have a pill with very few side effects that can prevent cancer and people are passing it up.

5. Nicolas Rouzaud:

   The dough needs to maintain its shape, hence the harder dough, be careful of the liquid content. Reduce or increase golden syrup or flour for soft and hard dough.

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