Synonyms for subtract
səbˈtræktsub·tract

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1. subtract

   Synonyms:
   abstract, deduct, diminish, dissever, lessen, reduce, remove, withdraw

   Antonyms:
   add, adjoin, affix, amplify, annex, append, attach, augment, cast up, enlarge, extend, increase, join on, make up, subjoin, sum up

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1. subtract

   Synonyms:
   withdraw, remove, deduct, take

   Antonyms:
   add, import, adduce, give, bring

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1. subtract, deduct, take offverb

   make a subtraction

   "subtract this amount from my paycheck"

   Synonyms:
   derive, set forth, infer, take off, start out, take time off, part, start, lift off, deduct, get off the ground, depart, withhold, recoup, set out, deduce, set off

   Antonyms:
   add, add together

2. subtractverb

   take off or away

   "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"

   Synonyms:
   take off, deduct

   Antonyms:
   add together, add

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1. • Reduce

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1. subtractverb

   Synonyms:
   deduct, withdraw, take, take away

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1. List of paraphrases for "subtract":

   deduct, subtraction

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How to use subtract in a sentence?

1. Kailash Sahu:

   It's like trying to measure the tiny motion of a firefly next to a bright light bulb, we had to meticulously subtract the light of the nearby bright star to precisely measure the deflection of the faint source.

2. Children's Defense Fund:

   Will your child learn to multiply before she learns to subtract

3. Vaninder Singh:

   Overall, what is clear to us is that the impact, will be limited in the near-term, but much more significant in the medium-term, we expect this event and what it represents to subtract as much as 0.3 percent from growth next year compared to our pre-event baseline and expect Asian central banks to respond with another round of easing.

4. Fran Lebowitz:

   If you are truly serious about preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract -- teach him to deduct.

5. Joel Fitzgibbon:

   If we were to stop sending thermal coal to Asia tomorrow it would be replaced by something less efficient and would add to, not subtract from, global emissions.