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Synonyms for subtract
səbˈtræktsub·tract

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. subtract

    Synonyms:
    withdraw, remove, deduct, take

    Antonyms:
    add, import, adduce, give, bring

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. subtractverb

    Synonyms:
    deduct, withdraw, take, take away

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "subtract":

    deduct, subtraction

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Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#207part
#246take
#474start
#1475abstract
#1651remove
#2036reduce
#10105depart
#10524withdraw
#13184derive
#20729subtract
#21475diminish
#22480deduct
#23641withhold
#24816infer
#25048lessen
#25516subtraction
#35045deduce
#48321recoup

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.


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